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I watched them bringing the Cirrus down out of the trees today, it wasn't very far from Highland and Monroe. When a helicopter's main rotor is destroyed, it goes straight down, what forward momentum it has is stopped by the aerodynamic forces exerted on the flailing craft. I really wish that...

Good grief go stick your head outside here in Maryland around 3:30, the SUn is high in the Southern sky, nowhere near the horizon. What drives you to lie on the internet?

Nope, the helicopter came straight down, it only took 3 seconds, it's wreckage very closely matches the impact point. The Cirrus continued along it's line of flight for a few hundred yards, bringing it closer to 30 which it most surely would have done faster if not for the collision. You have...

The sun was absolutely nowhere near the ridge line (Catoctin Mountain) at 3:40, you have no idea what you are talking about. According to Google Maps, the corner of Highlands and Monroe is exactly 5000' from the departure end of 30 and the Cirrus was still going East, towards 30. I70 is 6,300...

The FlightAware track is not accurate enough to use for airport reference then and probably neither is the FlightAware altitude. The R22 came down at the corner of Highland and Monroe and the Cirrus came to rest in a stand of trees just West of Monocacy Boulevard, across from the Beer...

1) From the schematic on page 2, the FlightAware track varies significantly from the SR22's actual track to point of collision. Perhaps the altitude is also off? 2) The collision occurred well inside of the departure end of 23, a VERY close in and tight pattern for an SR22 to be flying. Even...