Originally Posted by
Max Contingency
Im not claiming I could have done any better but I would dispute that there was a "need to throw it at the deck before it started to spin"...
Yep. I dare say that both pilots were probably still engrossed in the "WTF? was that" moment by the time the aircraft arrived at the scene of the accident. The outcome was mostly via good fortune, I doubt there was time for any conscious effort to throw it at the deck, let alone throw it on the deck before directional control was lost. Any pilot action in that last instant was probably purely reactive and instinctive. Collective full down after contact was all that was required, and I'm guessing that's exactly what they did.