Yes, I’ve seen that video. But watch the video of the Augusta a109e again. Assuming the nose dive was because of vertigo in IMC conditions, he
Leveled out below the ceiling. The bird seemed to be functioning fine. He was flying straight and level with decent visibility. Then for some reason he climbed right back into the soup. Doesn’t make any sense. There was no death spiral. I don’t buy that he tried to land on the building. Looked more like a crash than a “crash landing”.
He couldn't shake it off, I'd bet that 70 degrees nose down in that bird at that altitude is what would be termed 'Unusual Attitudes' that are normally practiced well above where he was, but since he didn't have an Instrument card, it is possible he had never done any He recovered from that but not from his vertigo. And he had to have vertigo, because he ended up planting it. Either that or he was a crappy pilot, but his history doesn't support that conclusion.