P-40 N4420K gear collapse

[snj-5]

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....

Bela P. Havasreti

[bdk]

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.

[spookythecat]

Oh no! The Oshkosh Grand Champion.