Free Memorandum - District Court of Arizona - Arizona

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Plaintiff‘s Appendix "C"
. SUBSTANTIAL SIMILARITY CHART
I Arizona I • Hydraulics ojf I
I I • Controls became very stiff I
I I • Controls remained stm I
I • Difficulty applying forward cyclic
I I · Started n slow turn to the lejt
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I Florida I · Hydraulic warning light
I I I • Loss of cyclic control
I I I • Cyclic locking I
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I New York I I • Hydraulics off I I
I I I • Helicopter kept pitching up and left I
I I I • Uncontrollable roll to the left I
I • Pilots could not level the helicopter by using I I
. I both hands to bring the cyclic to the neutral/level I
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I I • Two pilots could not level out the aircraft I
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I I • Pilot experienced control problems I
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I Hawaii I • Hydraulic accumulator test
I I I I · Helicopter became airborne in a nose low attitude
I I • Entered a figure 8 type of oscillation I
I I I • Nose high then nose low position
I I I • Extreme almost wing over attitudes I I
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I I Texas I • "HYD" light illuminated
I I • Helicopter's controls became very stiff
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I I New Mexico I I • Hydraulic pump drive belt fractured
I I I • Cyclic would not move
I I • Pilot could not neutralize cyclic with both hands I
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I I Alaska i • Hydraulic pressure warning horn
I I • "HYD"warning light I I
I I I • Loss of control I I
I • Cyclic control became stiff and hard to move I
I ' • Cyclic frozen in full aft left position I
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I Georgia I • Hydraulics off
I • Helicopter did not respond to control inputs
I • Yaw rate became uncontrollable
E I · Nose appeared to pitch up dramatically
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I I Nebraska • Binding in the right pedal I
I • Loss of control I
I I I • Began to spin with its nose angled down I
I I I • Started to descend rapidly, still spinning I
I I • Apparently out of control I
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I Arizona • Hydraulic warning light illuminated
I I • Audio warning activated I I
I I • Loss of control I
• Started to yaw to the left I I
· Pilot attempted to apply right pedal but was met I I
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I • Unable to stop the helicopter from spinning
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I Arizona • Warning horn activated I
I • Loss of control I
I I • Started to yaw to the left I
I I I • Pilot could not stop left yaw by applying right pedal
I I I · At least two full 360-degree turns I I
I I I I- • Pitch attitude oscillates during the rotation I I
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I New Mexico • Pilot suspected loss of tail rotor effectiveness
I • Nose began to go left
I I • Cyclic seemed extremely stiff and/or stuck I
I I I • Cyclic seemeed stuck/blocked I I
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I I Arizona I • Pilot suspected loss of tail rotor authority
I · Uncontrollable left yaw
I I
I I I · Unable to regain control of the helicopter
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