Crashes after HYD failure.
I didnt fly the AS350.
I think for ( just about) all A/C, pilots with quite some experience on type, the confidence gets high. ”greatest A/C ever built”. ”No problems, did it a thousand times”.
Still, HYD malfunction on the 350 seems to kill people.
My guess is that the Australian evaluation is spot on, and heliducks post also indicate this.
A system should allow every kind of pilots to survive a malfunction, nut just Biggles on sunny day, but also pilots below avarage skill( yes, there has to be some of these, despite no one ever met one of them) on their not best day.
If it was a Robbie that this kept happening to...?
( I didnt fly the Robbie either, and Im a bit sceptical so).