Originally Posted by
configsafenot
With the bad weather that closed in, could there have been a degree of spacial disorientation too?
I think when CFIT is mentioned in this case it is not meant that the Helicopter was necessarily under Control when it impacted. LoC is a highly probable scenario in the given case.
When losing ground reference in the given circumstances in mountaineous terrain and below MSA there is a 50/50 choice between keeping airspeed up trying to maintain Control and risking hitting of Cumulu Granitus horizontally or slowing down and loosing control hitting Cumulu Granitus vertically. Which one was chosen in this case we will find out when the report comes out.
The probability that it was something completely different what caused this accident is probably low single digit.