Originally Posted by
SplineDrive
It is not true to say there have been 15 years of operation on the new four bladed flex beam rotor without mishap... There was an in-flight static failure of a rotor blade cuff in 2005 that led to a hard landing and operating envelope restrictions.
There are a few public references to this event on the web.
Was that classified as a mishap or a test/development learning point?
(In other words, was NAVSAFECEN involved in the after action report)?