bearfoil;
I've looked at the picture with the label: "Right-hand aft lug: shearing of the fuselage along main frames 86-87". In my post I referred to "lateral failure of the main lugs or a failure in the structure between left and right attachments." What I meant was a failure that would provide room for the V/S spar and the male lugs attached to it to move laterally sufficiently to rupture the pick-ups. That's not shown in this picture. Furthermore, if that had happened, one of each pair of lateral pick-up rod would have failed in tension and the other in compression.
Finally, I've no experience in looking at fractures and, frankly, don't see what you apparently see.
HN39
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