In article .com,
says...
http://www.thegaryhouse.com/aircraftdamage/

I was down in a remote area of Mexico this last weekend and a truck
backed into my aileron. I was lucky that the driver had a sat phone and
I was able to call an A&P to come down to Mexico and swap it for me.
However, all the local pilots, and the A&P who came down seemed to
think it would have flown ok as was. From a simply academic point of
view I"m curious what you guys think.

There's no way I'd fly it. I saw a similarly damaged plane fly back to
it's homefield (against the advice from many) - and when it got back -
it was a *lot* worse. Considerably fluttering/vibration was apparent -
according to the pilot - in flight.

But he made it. He got quite a shock when he saw the additional damage
the fluttering had caused (dunno why he didn't put it down in one of the
many alternatives on the way).

--
Duncan