An ATSB safety advisory notice urges Robinson helicopter pilots to avoid mechanical turbulence wherever possible, and to reduce airspeed where it is unavoidable.
The safety advisory notice comes as the ATSB continues its investigation into an in-flight break-up at Hawks Nest, New South Wales, where a pilot was fatally injured when their R66 broke up in flight after flying over Yacaaba Headland on 26 October 2023.
In January 2024 the ATSB provided its preliminary report
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