Originally Posted by
wrench1
FYI: separate reports state the aircraft was in an OGE hover at the time of the incident. Supposedly the OGE hover was part of the training flight. The CFI was relatively new to the company and the student was an established fixed-wing pilot obtaining his rotor add-on. They've recovered the tail section and the link below shows several shots of it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W2HzBCUJvJw
Yes, I've seen the later footage but the video evidence in the first post here shows it travelling at a relatively high speed and in level flight, or possibly even climbing, after the tail assembly had already separated.