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Broken landing wire

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Mike Maley

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I broke a landing wire in flight on Saturday. It happened during a slow roll, at less than -1G. The wire broke at the threds in the wing and no other damage wad done. The wire end stayed in the wing and the landing was uneventfull.





The broken end showed classic signs of crack propigation. hard to say over haw long. I only know of one orher case of this. Any one else seen this before?
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