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Author: Former Gomer   Date: 1/19/2022 8:12:10 PM  +1/-0   Show Orig. Msg (this window) Or  In New Window

Catastrophic component failure


Pilot heart attack 


Suicide by helicopter 


IIMC Uncontrolled Flight Into Terrain (UFIT) was wx a factor


A fellow PHI pilot had the back end of his 407 get cut off by its own tail rotor. Although the resulting nose-down was extreme, he was able to get it level before landing on the water.  In a 206 that would probably be a fatal.


The RLC pilot was fairly young, so while a physiological event can't be ruled out, it's not highly probable.


Nobody knows.  Let's hope it wasn't a catastrophic failure of some kind. Bird-strike seems like it would be high on the list of "maybe's."  We'll see.

 
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