Hmmm, something doesn't seem to stack up with the B206 accident either.
The 17kts demonstrated crosswind is demonstrated for up to nearly 10,000ft (9800ft if I'm reading the table in the POH correctly). The TR performance for a B3 (with the longer tail rotors) at less than 1000ft (where the accident occurred) is far in excess of 17kts.
And even with full fuel, a B206 B3 with 2 POB shouldn't be near AUW so LTA shouldn't have been a factor.
I obviously wasn't there but from reading the report, it looks like the pilot is trying to use LTE as an excuse. I think that the actual reason might lie elsewhere...