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Originally Posted by Scott Douglas
Heard a news report last night that said the pre-lim NTSB report is out.
You guys seen/heard about it?
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Basically it said that the pilot radioed the air traffic controller that he intended to climb to 4000' to get out of the fog. In fact, he banked left and was descending at a rapid pace when he slammed the side of a hill at 184 MPH.
An analyst said that the pilot was experiencing "somatogravic illusion" which induces spacial disorientation. Sounds to me like they never knew. Or if they did it was only for a second or two when the hillside was becoming visible as they were closing in.
Although not discussed in the report, the occupants must have died instantly. The helo blew apart "strewing wreckage across an area the size of a football field."