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Sep 6, 2023 · The unopposed main rotor torque couple and negative tail rotor blade pitch angle resulted in an increasing rate of rotation of the helicopter in yaw, which induced pitch and roll deviations and ...
- Air Accidents Investigation Branch
Sep 5, 2023 · The recommendations follow an investigation into the crash of a Leonardo AW169 helicopter that ... the tail rotor’s duplex bearing—which connected the aircraft’s rotating tail rotor assembly ...
- Tony Osborne
- London Bureau Chief
Sep 6, 2023 · Chief inspector of air accidents at the AAIB, Crispin Orr, said Mr Swaffer did what he could to control the Leonardo AW169 helicopter, but the catastrophic failure in a bearing in the tail rotor ...
Dec 6, 2018 · A pin that came loose in the tail rotor control mechanism caused the catastrophic helicopter crash, which claimed the lives of Leicester City owner Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha and four others. The ...
Following a six-week investigation, the Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) concluded the tail rotor failure caused the helicopter to violently veer to the right, resulting in the crash.
Dec 6, 2018 · By Dominic Perry 6 December 2018. UK investigators have determined that a failure of the connection linking the yaw control pedals and the tail rotor was behind the high-profile fatal crash of a ...
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Dec 6, 2018 · The helicopter crash which killed the chairman of Leicester City and four other people was caused by a pin that had come loose in the tail rotor control mechanism, a report has revealed. The Air ...
