if you read the NTSB preliminary report, it states that the right wing was
found separated from the rest of the wreckage by some distance, I forget the
actual reported distance

it appears the gear impact and other possible points of impact did cause the
right wing to fail and separate from the Cessna

a friend lost..

BT

"BTIZ" wrote in message
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Cessna 180 also has a wing strut attachment point near the gear attach
point, imagine the gear getting ripped out and damage to the strut,
causing
the wing failure..

BT

"Toks Desalu" wrote in message
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I don't get it. The pilot saw the cessna landing gear and he ducked. I
assume the cessna's right gear leg made the impact. What I don't
understand
is how that plane broke up in flight if only landing gear made the
impact?
Toks

"Sam" wrote in message
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See the story he

http://www.avweb.com/newswire/10_13a.../186939-1.html