Originally Posted by
Ascend Charlie
fdr, go back and read my post #76.
That separation was from firstly a huge yaw/roll input from the tail rotor, then a large cg change with nose down pitch as the whole TR and gearbox separated. The advancing blade came around the nose and sliced off the left side and tail boom.
The B yaw control pickup by the TR drive shaft was one of the inflight tail boom chops that came to mind. I had missed your #76 post. You were most fortunate not to be on that flight. The photos that DAFS had at that time were sobering.