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Old December 21st 05, 12:44 AM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
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Default Seaplane down off Miami Beach....


"Jay Honeck" wrote

The wing clearly departed the airframe before the crash. I wonder if

these
old birds are simply fatigued?


I wonder about catastrophic unconfined engine failure, severing the spar.
There was an account of the sound and sight of an explosion before the wing
departed, wasn't there?
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Jim in NC