Originally Posted by
wrench1
Looking at an "enhanced" version of the full video posted above, the tailboom folded in the same plane as though the LH mount(s) failed. And with the 5 degree offset of the vert fin it seemed to follow that...
wrench1: I assume you are referring to an 'enhanced' version of the video posted on Reddit? Is that an enhancement you made? If so, are you able to share some screen shots to illustrate? Seems to me it would be difficult to enhance something so apparently low resolution to start with?
In #97 Obba posted a link to a Juan Browne review of the accident and at 6:10 he is of the opinion that the main rotor with its gearbox parted first, but that differs to what most here interpret as what happened, namely that the tail rotor and part of tail boom separated first. That is how I also interpret the various videos when considered together. But many components, including cowlings, must have separated from the main fuselage on the way down, so hard to say what is actually seen in the footage.