Author Topic: Cessna 210 loses part of a wing. (Read 343 times)

cpxxx · « **on:** August 16, 2005, 07:56:06 AM »

Cessna build them tough. This 210 is based in Ireland and flew to Jersey in the Channel Islands like this.

The pilot apparently said it was a bird strike but other people have suggested the bird was nesting in a tree at the end of the runway.

wingless 1

wingless 2

Cessna 150's are not bad either. The old 150 I once owned a share in, ploughed through some trees strategically placed on short final when flown by a student pilot. He went around and flew back to his him home base withe the whole leading edge flattened and slightly more sweepback than when he started. The aircraft was repaired and flew on for some years.

Hangtime · « **Reply #1 on:** August 16, 2005, 09:03:59 AM »

"...just needs a bit more rudder trim"

pugg666 · « **Reply #2 on:** August 16, 2005, 03:10:55 PM »

that'll buff right out

Dnil · « **Reply #3 on:** August 16, 2005, 05:01:50 PM »

I had a brief by the local FSDO here in houston last year and they had video and pictures of a collision between a 172 and 152 on the west side of Houston. One of the 172 mains went through the 152 and killed the pilot with the crash landing on a freeway, the 172 had part of the wing missing from the wing strut out. It was peeled back and dangling. The 172 had a student and instructor I think in it. The student had been flying and had left the flaps down while flying around, the instructor took over and noticed the flaps down and went to put them up, as he did the plane rolled and started to go inverted and down. 2 hunters in a field had video'd all this. As soon as it rolls he drops the flaps back down and the plane rights itself. He continued on and made a successful landing. Was amazing to see the damage to the plane.

Rino · « **Reply #4 on:** August 16, 2005, 10:10:27 PM »

Does that bird have an Allison turboprop? The exhausts look
a little funky for a piston.

BUG_EAF322 · « **Reply #5 on:** August 17, 2005, 12:08:27 AM »

thats a turbo prop.
Great flying for the pilot dough.

cpxxx · « **Reply #6 on:** August 17, 2005, 04:04:51 AM »

Yes it's an Allison conversion. I've seen it a few times at the local airport. It's a nice aircraft or it was.
Apparently the rest of the wing and wing tip tank was found back at the airstrip it took off from. The pilot only diverted after flying two hours over the sea, citing fuel problems and no reading from the wing tip tank. Which makes sense when you consider that the tank was sitting quietly on the ground hundreds of miles away.

I imagine the pilot did feel the impact but the without serious handling problems continued. I guess the damage wasn't visible from the cabin.

I wonder what the FAA will make of it?