"Gig 601XL Builder" wr.giacona@coxDOTnet wrote in message
news:n7bEe.40522$DC2.15350@okepread01...
Says alot for the engines installed in the airplane though. Takes a lick'n
and keeps on tick'n.

It seems more likely that the engine suffered no trauma at all. Certainly,
with the nose hitting first, and the plane resting on the *right* wing and
fuselage, there's no reason to necessarily believe that the left engine or
propeller had any significant contact with the ground at all.

So, I'd say this accident says very little about the engines installed in
the airplane.

Pete