On Thu, 22 Nov 2007 22:26:23 -0600, cavelamb himself
wrote:

If the Cessna is claimed to have a "bent landing gear", I'd real quick
go looking at the gear mount area of the fuselage.

That steel leg can take a lot more impact that the aluminum fusleage.

The newspaper link I posted the other day had a photo that included both the
gear and the fuselage, and there was a definite wrinkle/bend in front of the
gear leg....

Ron Wanttaja