Originally Posted by
helispotter
Without an NTSB report, this accident can't so far be attributed to maintenance shortcoming, though some earlier reports the LongRanger was seen to have larger than normal oscillations of its tail boom while on the pad in the leadup to the accident should have prompted some investigation by the then operator.
FYI: as noted above, large tailboom "oscillations" on 206L models at idle can be common as it is a function of MR hub trunnion centering and/or chordwise blade static alignment regardless of main rotor blade type.
Originally Posted by
hargreaves99
I can't imagine any 206 operators are using Van Horn blades now
There are still a number of operators using both the L model main and tail rotor VH blades.