The AirAccidentsInvestigationBranch(AAIB) said the aircraft, by modern standards, had "low stability and power margins and poor flight instrumentation".
Last year, a report by the AirAccidentsInvestigationBranch(AAIB) found no technical reason for the crash, but said a technical fault could not be ruled out.
The sheriff's findings go further than an AirAccidentsInvestigationBranch(AAIB) report, published in February 2009, which found no cause could be positively determined into the tragedy.
There have been 12 serious incidents involving helicopters in the capital in the last 20 years, according to the UK AirAccidentsInvestigationBranch(AAIB), but none involving fatalities.