Yes, Piece of Cake, I'd missed that. Possibly the spinner was lost in the incident too. At a guess, I'd say the wire was whipped round as it hit the prop, from the marks on the fuselage. Nasty...
Though the map seems to indicate power lines running roughly east-west across the flightpath, the photos also show other wires (possibly phonelines) running north-south. I wonder if it was one of these that was hit? This might explain how the prop got the worst of it, though it rather implies that there would have been a near-miss with a pole or two.
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Looking at the map again, the power lines are more or less aligned with the flightpath at some points anyway, rather than perpendicular to it.
Last edited by SomeGuyOnTheDeck; 3rd May 2010 at 18:55.