Captain Joe explains how a hydraulic system failure can trigger an overspeed in a Robinson R-44 helicopter. The video shows where the problem starts and why pilots need to verify hydraulic status before flight to avoid dangerous situations.
So go ahead and stow this away we'll do our hydraulic check friction coming off up here the hydraulics are on should feel smooth hydraulics come off should feel stiff hydraulics back on confirming they are on part of the reason there that cost us $35,000 overspeed because the guy went off didn't turn it back on then he couldn't figure out why the collector wouldn't come up and and then while we were trying to figure out what was going on he rolled the throttle on did an overspeed because the collector wouldn't come up instead of trying to figure it out he started rolling throttle when the collective wouldn't come up and you talk about that and that's why now like from hearing from like that mistake and you talk about your video that's why now always just visually and verify that the hydraulics are back on when.
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