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Old 21st Mar 2017, 07:33
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helicrazi
 
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Originally Posted by Mitchaa
Some pictures of the Helipad at Blackrock.

Where has the 9kts come from? Surely this would indicate it was coming in very close to the Helipad for landing?

Wondering why the tail would strike the rock first and not the cabin? Discovering the aircraft was too low, pulling up and the tail clipping the edge sending it into a spin?

We have another Tail related incident then, be that from collision or component failure, it's still unclear. I'd hope that this wasn't anything to do with the bearing.

Seems we could be thinking along the same lines,

The 9kts was on an AIS trace a few pages back, posted with a picture.
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