Incredible mid-air collision accident - Pics

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One of those RARE cases that it was good to be a low-wing.
Talk about a close shave.
Chris

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I don't get it. The pilot saw the cessna landing gear and he ducked. I
assume the cessna's right gear leg made the impact. What I don't understand
is how that plane broke up in flight if only landing gear made the impact?
Toks

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Sam wrote:

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Notice the blood on the seat back

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Sam wrote:

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Notice the blood on the seat back

He walked away "with cuts and bruises."

Climbing out of that mess he could well have cut his hand and then rested it
on the seat back.

On Wed, 24 Mar 2004 04:05:48 GMT, "Toks Desalu"
wrote:

Can't say for sure, but the structure that supports the C-180 gear box
assembly (fore & aft bulkheads/formers, specifically, the aft gear-box
bulkhead/former) also supports the lower wing-strut attach point. If
the right gear box was torn out of the airplane (from the RH gear-leg
striking the Baron at speed), it's entirely possible (indeed, likely)
that the lower strut attach point on the RH side was also compromised.

Needless to say, the gear legs, gear-boxes (and surrounding structure)
was not designed to survive the potential damage caused by striking
another aircraft at 140+ knots (plus add whatever the closing speed
was of the Baron).

Bela P. Havasreti

I don't get it. The pilot saw the cessna landing gear and he ducked. I
assume the cessna's right gear leg made the impact. What I don't understand
is how that plane broke up in flight if only landing gear made the impact?
Toks

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Cessna 180 also has a wing strut attachment point near the gear attach
point, imagine the gear getting ripped out and damage to the strut, causing
the wing failure..

BT

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I don't get it. The pilot saw the cessna landing gear and he ducked. I
assume the cessna's right gear leg made the impact. What I don't
understand
is how that plane broke up in flight if only landing gear made the impact?
Toks

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MikeM wrote:
Sam wrote:

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Notice the blood on the seat back

I'll bet he's glad for the convention of left hand seat for PIC. Looks
like the 180 wheel caught the right hand seat square.

if you read the NTSB preliminary report, it states that the right wing was
found separated from the rest of the wreckage by some distance, I forget the
actual reported distance

it appears the gear impact and other possible points of impact did cause the
right wing to fail and separate from the Cessna

a friend lost..

BT

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Cessna 180 also has a wing strut attachment point near the gear attach
point, imagine the gear getting ripped out and damage to the strut,
causing
the wing failure..

BT

"Toks Desalu" wrote in message
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I don't get it. The pilot saw the cessna landing gear and he ducked. I
assume the cessna's right gear leg made the impact. What I don't
understand
is how that plane broke up in flight if only landing gear made the
impact?
Toks

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MikeM wrote:
Sam wrote:

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Notice the blood on the seat back

I'll bet he's glad for the convention of left hand seat for PIC. Looks
like the 180 wheel caught the right hand seat square.

Good thing, too, that he was solo.