"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
Worse, she wasn't pushing down near the fuselage, where it might take the
load, but was rather giving her all way out at the end, by the fiberglass
tip, obviously unaware of the tremendous twisting force she was exerting
on
the Piper's relatively delicate empennage.

Not good, but sometimes structures are stronger than we might think. I've
seen where a firetruck caught the tip of an Arrow's stab. The stab was
turned 45 degrees but didn't bend. The fuselage failed in front of the stab.

D.