This is a very useful thread.
Ailerons etc. I would not have thought a lost aileron would be survivable however at Abbotsford Airshow last month there was a very fine display of energy management flying without an aileron. It is survivable but do we have the skill?
After a recent accident the investigator took up another of the same model and explored the envelope flying with full stuck aileron and full stuck rudder and showed that the plane could be handled with either. That too is a scenario I had not thought to investigate.
Couple of years ago one of our group lost an elevator hinge and flew the plane down from nearly 10,000 ft to a water landing with the elevator trailing awkwardly and controlling with the other.
I had an exhaust break yesterday, couldn't see it but there was plenty of vibration and I did not know what that was (She's a pusher, engine is back there over the wing.) When I got home the air over the airfield was foul, on finals I was seeing 45 deg bank and getting thrown off line, threw me completely, Got her down to a really neat flare, just forgot to lower the gear. Big whiteline down the blacktop and I've got a couple of days fibregalssing to do. Lucky there was no other damage but, as we all know, distraction is a real bu**er. You may have practised all these scenarios but could you do it if you were getting thrown around and scared and still do all the checks?
I guess I just moved from "those who will."