The trainee pilot who survived a helicopter crash that killed a veteran Tasmanian pilot tells an inquest that he has no memory of the moment of impact and 'woke up trapped in the aircraft'.
A trainee pilot who survived a helicopter crash that killed veteran Tasmanian pilot Roger Corbin has told an inquest that he has just a single "picture" in his mind of the moment of impact before he "woke up trapped in the aircraft".Veteran pilot Roger Corbin was teaching trainee John Osborne how to do an emergency landing without hydraulics at Hobart Airport
The four-day inquest, heard before coroner Olivia McTaggart, has looked into the circumstances around the death of Mr Corbin, who died in 2017 when a helicopter he was using in a training flight nosedived into the ground at Hobart Airport, killing him instantly. Mr Osborne survived the crash but suffered from injuries including lacerations to his face, head and legs.An investigation by the Australian Transport Safety Bureau in 2020 found the pair were practising how to land the helicopter in an emergency without hydraulic systems but in a way that was different to that recommended in the helicopter's flight manual.
Mr Osborne explained to the court that he then cannot remember anything from the crash other than when he woke up later in the hospital.The helicopter crashed at Hobart Airport in 2017. The ATSB also found the pilots had not conducted a detailed pre-flight briefing, which may have led to them becoming confused about who was in control of the helicopter during the emergency.
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