Exhaust pipe flattened and cowl dented. Doesn't sound like much but cowls
go for fifteen grand and everything down to the manifold and mounts will
have to be disassembled and checked for cracks.

Who would have thought? The plane that hit us was on the side and the wind
was directly on the tail. The twin jumped one chock and pivoted around over
90 degrees on either the wing tie down or the other chock and its nose came
up and hit ours from the downwind side.

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Roger Long



"Max Mustermann" wrote in message
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On Fri, 24 Dec 2004, "Roger Long" wrote:
****. It really is a bad night. The airport just called to tell me that
the big twin on the next tie down jumped its chocks and blew into our
plane.
I'm waiting for a damage report.

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Roger Long

Sorry to hear that. Let us know when you find out.

Good Luck!

On Friday 24 December 2004 12:08 pm in rec.boats.cruising Roger Long wrote:

Exhaust pipe flattened and cowl dented. Doesn't sound like much but cowls
go for fifteen grand and everything down to the manifold and mounts will
have to be disassembled and checked for cracks.

Who would have thought? The plane that hit us was on the side and the
wind was directly on the tail. The twin jumped one chock and pivoted
around over 90 degrees on either the wing tie down or the other chock and
its nose came up and hit ours from the downwind side.

The twin was obviously not tied down properly.
Time to call a landshark^Wlawyer and start a negligence
claim.

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The twin was obviously not tied down properly.
Time to call a landshark^Wlawyer and start a negligence
claim.


Tie what?

Any of you sailors who haven't spent any time around small planes and need a
laugh should go out to your local GA airport and look at what passes for
ropes and knots. On the way back from securing my plane, I walked by a .3
million dollar, all glass cockpit (all computer screen display), brand new
182 Skylane. It was tied with 5/16 inch clothesline using the most popular
aviation knot which is two half hitches but with about six inches between
the ring and first and another six inches to the second. We stopped and
told the plane's owner about it but it was tied exactly the same way this
morning. Of course, it didn't go anywhere so maybe he knows something that
generations of sailors haven't learned yet.

The twin didn't have any ropes at all.

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Roger Long



"Chris Newport" wrote in message
news:1121543.jmOm3aoO7D@callisto...

Bummer. Sorry about the damage to your airplane.



"Roger Long" wrote in message
...
Exhaust pipe flattened and cowl dented. Doesn't sound like much but cowls
go for fifteen grand and everything down to the manifold and mounts will
have to be disassembled and checked for cracks.

Who would have thought? The plane that hit us was on the side and the
wind was directly on the tail. The twin jumped one chock and pivoted
around over 90 degrees on either the wing tie down or the other chock and
its nose came up and hit ours from the downwind side.

--

Roger Long



"Max Mustermann" wrote in message
age.info...
On Fri, 24 Dec 2004, "Roger Long" wrote:
****. It really is a bad night. The airport just called to tell me that
the big twin on the next tie down jumped its chocks and blew into our
plane.
I'm waiting for a damage report.

--

Roger Long

Sorry to hear that. Let us know when you find out.

Good Luck!