PPRuNe Forums - One down in Mexico

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Originally Posted by Reely340 (Post 11105492)

Hmm, at 1:00 he was about one and a half MR diameter above ground and the evil yaw only started ever so slowly.

How about: "Staying put" instead of pulling collective and flying away?
e.g. descending at same rate and waiting for ground effect to enable one to further back off collective, thereby reducing anti-torque needs?

I guess simply continuing to land would have save it. Is that an unrealistic assumption of me?

The other video of this accident shows them attempting to land, but developing a slow left yaw.
If this was happening with full pedal then I'm not surprised the pilot tried to fly away.
From what I know of the Mi-8 though, once you exceed available power the gens cut off and thus you also lose the stabilisation systems to aid the pilot.

It looks like the aircraft also hits max power demand while trying to leave the landing area for another attempt.

There's also the possibility of him having lost an engine during descent, which loss would lead to the very noticeable lack of power and coning at the end.