Hello,
I am new here and hope to get some good information on an RV4 Project I purchased to rebuild. (I hope).
Over the next few weeks I am sure I will have plenty of questions. I am not ashamed to ask questions when I don't know the answers, and even sometimes when I do, just to make sure!
The first issue is to determine if the damage is repairable.
The plane suffered a failed take off abort due to the engine not turning up but it was too late and already in the air. It jumped a ditch and landed hard in a field across from the runway. The pilot was not injured, thank goodness!
The damage resulted from the landing gear folding back under the wings.
So the engine mount broke and some firewall damage on the bottom but the worst damage is on the left wing were the landing gear punched through the skin.
Here are some pictures. Please take a look and give me your opinion/advise on whether it is repairable or not?
Thank you for your help!
Dan Willis
I am new here and hope to get some good information on an RV4 Project I purchased to rebuild. (I hope).
Over the next few weeks I am sure I will have plenty of questions. I am not ashamed to ask questions when I don't know the answers, and even sometimes when I do, just to make sure!
The first issue is to determine if the damage is repairable.
The plane suffered a failed take off abort due to the engine not turning up but it was too late and already in the air. It jumped a ditch and landed hard in a field across from the runway. The pilot was not injured, thank goodness!
The damage resulted from the landing gear folding back under the wings.
So the engine mount broke and some firewall damage on the bottom but the worst damage is on the left wing were the landing gear punched through the skin.
Here are some pictures. Please take a look and give me your opinion/advise on whether it is repairable or not?
Thank you for your help!
Dan Willis