Originally Posted by
SilsoeSid
Because of that last paragraph, I would suggest that the ac was indeed under some form of control, right up to the point at which it was a few feet above the roof with the transmission stopped.
I have no dog in this unedifying fight between SS and TC, but the issue of overpitching and running out of Nr before the skids are on the ground happened to me. I pulled the collective so hard trying to arrest the RoD that I snapped it a couple of inches up from the pivot point.
Hard landing, ripped the roof off, but we survived. Had it been at night, trying to judge the height above the unknown landing area, then an early pull could have well ended in a similar fashion to this accident.