Ms Bobridge claims the helicopter got caught on a landing mat as she attempted to takeoff, flipping it over.
“I always maintained that right skid never left the ground,” she said. “It literally felt like someone was standing on my skid.”
The court heard Ms Bobridge worked to correct the crash before she “reached the point of no return” and took her hands of the controls.
“I looked out of the window and I could see the ground coming to my face. At that point I let go and covered my head,” she said.
Dynamic rollover, anyone?
Having done heaps of landings on those mats, there's nothing to "catch a helicopter".