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On the prelim run this morning.

http://www.faa.gov/data_research/accident_incident/preliminary_data/events01/media/07_4420K.txt

http://www.airplane-pictures.net/image57395.html

Hopefully the damage is minimal....

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It messes up the wing spar shear web when the gear collapses due to an overload, but is usually repairable with doublers. Many P-40s have already had this repair performed, some on both sides. Probably minor repairs needed, but they'll be fixing for a while.
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