皇冠体育app

Robinson R22 Beta, G-INKY

Summary:

皇冠体育app helicopter was being operated from a private site in a rural location. 皇冠体育app reported surface wind at Edinburgh Airport, 10 nm to the south, was from 220掳 at 16 kt. 皇冠体育app pilot stated that the surface wind at the site was similar to that at Edinburgh and that the wind direction during start up was from 90掳 to the right of the helicopter nose. As the helicopter lifted to the hover, the pilot reported that a gust of wind caught him by surprise and, while correcting for this, the right skid and main rotor struck the ground. 皇冠体育app helicopter then settled back onto both skids and remained upright, having turned 90掳 to the left. 皇冠体育app pilot reported that the main and tail rotors and right side of the fuselage were damaged. He was uninjured.

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