[TChad]

OK, FR pilots, who is at fault?

[knarf]

Rotor had better vision ... standard evasion with the plane ... up and to the right.

Unfortunately, it was too late, and it exposed the undercarriage of the plane to the rotors ... the helicopter's path was headed at a diagonal into the plane ... the plane seems to be on a slight climb.

I'd say the helicopter.

[knarf]

Rotor had better vision ... standard evasion with the plane ... up and to the right.

Unfortunately, it was too late, and it exposed the undercarriage of the plane to the rotors ... the helicopter's path was headed at a diagonal into the plane ... the plane seems to be on a slight climb.

I'd say the helicopter.

[pandemoniumreigns]

The first rule of "Visual flight Rules"...

Look out the damn window...

Both pilots, and I dare say their passengers, are at fault for not seeing the collision coming...Say something....Loudly

[USNBandit]

From what I've heard the helicopter was climbing out from the heliport up to the plane's altitude. From the perspective I think it would have been tough for the plane to pick up the helicopter due to the nose of the aircraft and the height of most general aviation instrument patterns.

The flip side is that an AS350 is probably climbing out at somewhere between 60 kts and 90 kts with the plane at it's 4 o'clock high.

My understanding is that there is a common traffic frequency that people are supposed to use. That allows pilots to report regular reporting points and for the helicopters to report when lifting. I cannot believe that the helicopter pilot wouldn't be up that freq. If he didn't hear any response while he was lifting then he probably thought the airspace was clear.