abripl wrote:
1: The prop strike was with a wooden prop or...

Some composite props, like IVO, break easy on impact. I had a prop
strike with IVO and had the crank magnafluxed. No flange runout or
cracks were found. I have a Franklin 6A350 engine (are they more
solid?).. It's the aluminum rigid props that are crank killers.

You're taking your chances either way. A few years ago I met a guy
at a Montana backcountry strip that was taking his wings off and
putting his Champ on a flatbed truck. Seems his crank snapped in
flight and he was lucky enough to be within gliding distance of a
usable strip. He had taxied his plane into a snowbank a few months
earlier. It stopped the engine, but hadn't damaged the prop, so he
assumed everything was OK. That assumption nearly killed him and his
passenger a few months later.

Prop damage or flange runout doesn't tell you anything about possible
cracks in the crank.

John Galban=====N4BQ (PA28-180)