AAIB (H) UK October 2024
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From: Harwich UK
AAIB (H) UK October 2024
It’s all in the Record-Only investigations this month: link
Student and instructor in R-22, initial hover training, drifts close to building then sudden input causes collision with DME aerial.
EC120 dynamic rollover on lip of 40cm raised pad.
Student and instructor in R-22, initial hover training, drifts close to building then sudden input causes collision with DME aerial.
EC120 dynamic rollover on lip of 40cm raised pad.

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Can't think why you would try and teach a student to hover anywhere near any obstacles, let alone an NDB array. I was lucky to stay in Shropshire the first time I tried to hover!
The EC120 crash shows there are few new ways of crashing a helicopter, just the tried and tested ones revisited.
The EC120 crash shows there are few new ways of crashing a helicopter, just the tried and tested ones revisited.




