Originally Posted by
KRviator
For any owners or operators of the 206, you might like to keep an eye on
this investigation. Early days, obviously, but the ATSB is reporting it as an in-flight breakup. I haven't heard of a 206 suffering in-flight structural failure before...
Off the top of my head I know of one fatal 206 crash in the UK some years ago caused most likely by mast bumping in turbulence ( can't find an online reference), and another caused by fatigue / loss of torque of the tail fin fasteners (
https://www.gov.uk/aaib-reports/bell...-december-2005 ). And Googling found a mast bumping related crash on the Isle of Man more recently (
https://www.gov.uk/aaib-reports/aaib...nger-ii-g-ramy )