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Old 2nd Mar 2011, 22:32
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Cessna products aren't any stronger or weaker than other aircraft designed to the same normal and utility category load limits. They're just another aircraft.

The wings have been pulled off a number of 210's when they've been flown beyond their limits into convective weather, or have been put in high load conditions such as a graveyard spiral in a spatial disorientation situation. Either by vertical gusts or pilot overstress, the airplane can be broken.

There's a reason that Cessna 210's and Beech Bonanzas have become known as Doctor and Lawyer killers. They're more expensive products that were typically purchased by more affluent individuals, and generally the incidents involving both types have been preventable.

It's worth noting that Scott Crossfield, a contemporary of Chuck Yeager, was killed in his Cessna 210 while attempting to cross a line of thunderstorms. It broke up in flight. Crossfield was flying a Cessna 210A, which had wing struts.

No light airplane is a "SUV." They're all weak. Always bear that in mind.
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