According to friends and flight instructors who had flown with the pilot, he had previously owned a Bell 407, and the accident flight was the first he had flown in the AS350 series without a professional pilot present.
With that little experience in the B3, that size dollie, first time alone, what could possibly go wrong
But sadly, pretty close to what I had expected....
SAS,
In the video's you can clearly see fire while it's spinning, but it didn't fire-ball in the end. Only guessing that the drain would be pissing a little amount, but most likely no tank-rupture.
Shy,
Pilot ego over ability?
A bit similar to a Scottish ex WRC driver.....