Helicopter Downwash Causes Cirrus Accident in Fort Collins, CO?

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Here's the ramp video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l8EwvDTJeNs

Blackhawk flies across the runway at 0:05 into the video and the Cirrus enters the frame approximately 0:26 into it. The disruption occurs as the Cirrus nears the area where the heli crossed. Not very familiar with the lingering effects of a helicopter's downwash but I would have figured that twenty seconds would be sufficient to dissipate that energy. Apparently not. Thankfully the pilot was not killed.
 
Here's the ramp video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l8EwvDTJeNs

Blackhawk flies across the runway at 0:05 into the video and the Cirrus enters the frame approximately 0:26 into it. The disruption occurs as the Cirrus nears the area where the heli crossed. Not very familiar with the lingering effects of a helicopter's downwash but I would have figured that twenty seconds would be sufficient to dissipate that energy. Apparently not. Thankfully the pilot was not killed.
Thread already started a while ago: http://www.pilotsofamerica.com/forum/showthread.php?t=79109
 
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