cpw wrote:
One of my partners in our 1974 Citabria bounced a landing and had a
prop strike. We are rebuilding the engine and buying a new prop, of
course, but he feels awful about it. This has caused me to speculate;
how many long time pilots have flown without ever damaging an aircraft?
I'm not asking about wear and tear, but actual incidents resulting in
damage. Is it common or unusual?


I don't know about other guys but I've had a prop strike into turf taxiing on a
grass strip with a C-182. I've also totaled a Lance and dinged up a C-210 that
lived to fly again; both after dead stick landings.

Don't stand next to me in a lightning storm, if you know what I mean.



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Mortimer Schnerd, RN
mschnerdatcarolina.rr.com