172 down in Hanover Indiana.

[Gary Ward]

Both survived after hitting a house after taking off from Lee Bottom air field.

 

[Kenny Phillips]

That is one mangled airplane, given two ladies walked away.

 

[3393RP]

Dammit! I just finished building that deck!

 

[Kenny Phillips]

Dammit! I just finished building that deck!

That is legitimately true! At least the workers are handy for repairs.

 

[FlightmechH3]

 

[FlightmechH3]

Unusual damage. Trailing edge of wing and cabin crushed from aft quadrant.

 

[Kenny Phillips]

Unusual damage. Trailing edge of wing and cabin crushed from aft quadrant.

I believe the gear punctured the roof and spun the plane, which allowed the tail to absorb some energy (and left a wheel inside the house.)

 

[bonefishpete]

I believe the gear punctured the roof and spun the plane, which allowed the tail to absorb some energy (and left a wheel inside the house.)

Controlled deceleration is a good thing.

This below was a PA-28 with two CFI’s in it that had a in flight failure and lost both wings. One pilot survived hitting this metal RV building. West of KFPR.

 

[Gary Ward]

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I am thinking both were using 4 point seat belts?

 

[Ed Haywood]

The cabin stayed intact and did its job.

 

[Jim K]

Unusual damage. Trailing edge of wing and cabin crushed from aft quadrant.

172....bird strike?

Big bird strike?

 

[Gary Ward]

172....bird strike?

Big bird strike?
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I am thinking carb ice, as it was humid that night.

 

[Racerx]

and left a wheel inside the house.

Finders keepers?

 

[ateamer]

Controlled deceleration is a good thing.

This below was a PA-28 with two CFI’s in it that had a in flight failure and lost both wings. One pilot survived hitting this metal RV building. West of KFPR.
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The inflight failure was playing “hold my beer and watch this”. The survivor claimed they were doing a stall recovery and the wings folded. The investigation showed that just before that, they’d done turns with a 70 to 75 degree bank angle (4G). They had to have pulled 5.7 G to break the plane like that (1.5x the 3.8 G limit).