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Loss of Control

For safety information about helicopter loss of control issues, find it here.

RECOMMENDED PRACTICES

  • Automatic Flight Control Systems in Light Helicopters
  • Recommended Practice – Spatial Disorientation Induced by DVE

AUTOROTATIONS

  • Airmanship – Touchdown Autorotation
  • Video – Autorotations: Reality Exposed
  • Safety Bulletin – Autorotation Energy
  • Safety Bulletin – Autorotation Survival
  • Safety Bulletin – Autorotation Success
  • Essay – Autorotations: Reality Exposed

VORTEX RING STATE

  • Airmanship – part 1 Vortex Ring
  • Airmanship – part 2 Power Available
  • Airmanship – Vuichard Recovery Technique
  • Video – The Vuichard Recovery Technique
  • Repository – Airbus Notice on Vortex Ring State

MISC. LOC

  • Safety Bulletin – Loss of Control
  • Video – Degraded Visual Environment and Loss of Control
  • Essay – A Squirrel, a Moose, and Loss of Control in Helicopter Accidents
  • Safety Bulletin – Emergency Decision Making
  • Fact Sheet – 5 Ways to Manage an Inflight Helicopter Crisis
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