Original Message

Depends on where their transponder antenna is, sometime during an inflight breakup the transponder, GPS and antenna stay connected and give out another 2-3 seconds of data on the way down but sometimes a tail chop will take out one of the antennas and you lose that chance of another 1 or 2 pings.  I can still go with hitting a goose / geese causing what we see so far its just that one main rotor blade that appears missing all the way to the attachment point that feels odd.  Even during mast bumps/ tail chops that blades stay attached to the roots and break off where they hit the tail and unfortunely the cabin structure.