"JJ Sinclair" wrote in message
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I know of a Kestrel 19 that's done the same, twice. The wing attach
design
is very much the same. The pin is not load bearing, but only locks the
wings together. As long a 0 to negative G is avoided, they won't come
off.


Come on guys, this story is getting out of hand. Your asking us to believe
that
a Kestrel driver used his neat little wing assembly tool to force his
wings
together and then FORGOT to put the main pin in? And you say he did it
twice?
That pin is not load bearing, but any turbulance (like what we do to make
the
wing come out, on didassembly) will allow the wings to slide out and then
our
fictitious Kestrel driver would find himself wingless.
JJ Sinclair

Nevertheless, the owner admitted to doing this twice.

Frank