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Old 5th Feb 2019, 00:10
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Originally Posted by Raffles S.A.
It's clear from the pictures and distribution of the wreckage that both wings separated from the fuselage well before ground contact, and that one wing struck the house which was burned.
Looks like the starboard wing with engine attached folded inboard of the engine by pivoting about the upper wing skin causing propeller gashes in the cockpit, and then tore away, taking with it a lot of upper wing skin. I haven’t seen enough of the port side of the fuselage to evaluate. Very definitely looking like over g failure now due to apparent symmetry of damage. Frequently the first wing to fail will impact the other wing as the fuselage is suddenly rolled into the failed wing.
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