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Old 30th September 2018 | 16:40
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Ebbie 2003
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My answer would be - one of either over stressing so pulling g outside of the operating limits, the other options weakening by corrosion or preexisting structural damage (hard landings, or other unreported over stressing) while operating at normal operating limits.

The latter happened with a PA28 in Florida operated by a flight school only this summer - the wing basically fell off, of course it did not end well.
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