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TAIL RIPPED MYSTERY SOLVED-NEW PIC

Postby Suesing » Tue Sep 01, 2015 9:45 am

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On Saturday i flew to the Aviators Paradise opening. I have a photo of my aircraft before i took off with a perfectly good tailplane. When i landed back at home this is what i found. Whilst i have no proof, if this damage was done deliberately , whoever you are , please know i was devastated. The only other possibility is i hit a vulture - unlikely in my opinion.

There was a deep scribe mark along the centre of the tube -removed the paint (from inboard to outboard) The aircraft is brand new . After dwelling over the matter 24/7 since Saturday i now know what happened , but have no proof, so will put the matter to bed. For those who were supportive - THANKS - not lakker when your brand new half a million rand aerie is bumped by another aerie being maouvered (the guy turned his aerie-low wing much heavier than mine- around to face the runway)
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Re: TAIL RIPPED COULD THIS BE INTENTIONAL

Postby Morph » Tue Sep 01, 2015 10:35 am

Look carefully at the aluminium, if it was cut with a blade you will see the scratch marks on the metal.
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Re: TAIL RIPPED COULD THIS BE INTENTIONAL

Postby nicow » Tue Sep 01, 2015 12:26 pm

Suesing wrote:On Saturday i flew to the Aviators Paradise opening. I have a photo of my aircraft before i took off with a perfectly good tailplane. When i landed back at home this is what i found. Whilst i have no proof, if this damage was done deliberately , whoever you are , please know i was devastated. The only other possibility is i hit a vulture - unlikely in my opinion.
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Re: TAIL RIPPED COULD THIS BE INTENTIONAL

Postby Blue Max » Tue Sep 01, 2015 12:55 pm

:shock:
With the limited info I dear to say it does not look like a deliberate tear.
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Re: TAIL RIPPED COULD THIS BE INTENTIONAL

Postby Grumpy » Tue Sep 01, 2015 4:36 pm

Morph wrote:Look carefully at the aluminium, if it was cut with a blade you will see the scratch marks on the metal.
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Re: TAIL RIPPED COULD THIS BE INTENTIONAL

Postby Suesing » Wed Sep 02, 2015 7:48 am

The aluminium was deeply scribed all along the pipe in a strait deep line , the mystery is that - im sure i would have noticed it before i took off from aviators as the damage was on my side of the aerie , so i dont know.....maybe it did happen whilst airborn. Im not accusing , I AM WONDERING and questioning the mystery of it all. The aerie is a few months old so the integrity of the skins is 100 %
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Re: TAIL RIPPED COULD THIS BE INTENTIONAL

Postby Madman » Wed Sep 02, 2015 7:50 am

Hi Sue xxx

Sorry to hear about your aerie, hope it was not intentional ##

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Postby Suesing » Wed Sep 02, 2015 8:49 am

He new he had done it lets face it
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Re: TAIL RIPPED MYSTERY SOLVED-NEW PIC

Postby Grumpy » Wed Sep 02, 2015 4:23 pm

Suesing wrote:He new he had done it lets face it
What???? :shock:
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Postby kloot piloot » Wed Sep 02, 2015 4:56 pm

Sue, find out if FAAP have CCTV, you never know.
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Re: TAIL RIPPED MYSTERY SOLVED-NEW PIC

Postby Horned Adder » Wed Sep 02, 2015 8:53 pm

Suesing wrote:
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On Saturday i flew to the Aviators Paradise opening. I have a photo of my aircraft before i took off with a perfectly good tailplane. When i landed back at home this is what i found. Whilst i have no proof, if this damage was done deliberately , whoever you are , please know i was devastated. The only other possibility is i hit a vulture - unlikely in my opinion.

There was a deep scribe mark along the centre of the tube -removed the paint (from inboard to outboard) The aircraft is brand new . After dwelling over the matter 24/7 since Saturday i now know what happened , but have no proof, so will put the matter to bed. For those who were supportive - THANKS - not lakker when your brand new half a million rand aerie is bumped by another aerie being maouvered (the guy turned his aerie-low wing much heavier than mine- around to face the runway)
With all due respect why did you not do a pre-flight as is required by law? Even if it is not a written law we all know that we must do this! Not a good reflection at all. Secondly what kind of "quality" aircraft is so expensive that the material tears so easily??? What aircraft is it because I never want to go near one :idea:
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Re: TAIL RIPPED MYSTERY SOLVED-NEW PIC

Postby bluesmancoops » Thu Sep 03, 2015 7:37 am

suddenly this is beginning to sound like AVCOM ......just saying
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Re: TAIL RIPPED MYSTERY SOLVED-NEW PIC

Postby Madman » Thu Sep 03, 2015 10:18 am

I don't know what happened, but what I do know is there was a zombie at aviators that morning :lol: ##
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Re: TAIL RIPPED MYSTERY SOLVED-NEW PIC

Postby falconp1 » Thu Sep 03, 2015 7:08 pm

Just a touch venomous there Horned Adder. :twisted:
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Re: TAIL RIPPED MYSTERY SOLVED-NEW PIC

Postby falconp1 » Fri Sep 04, 2015 8:09 am

Morning Sue.

I always treat fly in's like shopping center parking lots. I park my plane as far away from the crowds as possible. You always get the idiot that can't keep his hands off your plane.

I now use a torch and my hands as a guide when I do my preflight because I've missed a thing or two in the past. The eyes alone can be deceiving sometimes. ##

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