[chemgear]

Originally Posted by PostandIn

A description of the conditions the pilot was dealing with and a partial sequence of events leading up to the crash.

http://nymag.com/intelligencer/2020/...on-danger.html

Whelp.

Eighteen seconds after beginning the turn, the helicopter had lost 800 feet and returned to an easterly heading. But what the pilot had failed to reckon with is that the ground rose not only straight ahead, but on the sides as well. The S-76B had impacted a hillside above the Los Virgenes Municipal Water District facility at a speed of 170 mph.