Originally Posted by
Ascend Charlie
Could be crappy reporting, like in Oz, and the tailboom was shaken off by the resonance? The rattling around didn't do anything for the landing gear either.
The pictures suggest the tail boom being cut off by the blades as it is cut mid-section with a clean cut and associated dents on the right side of the boom.
The “spread eagle” landing gear, don’t support ground resonance either, but a hell of a hard landing… Damage of the lower vertical fin also suggest it has hit the ground hard.
Have a look at the Brazilian BA that shook itself to pieces and compare.