Robert M. Gary wrote:
http://www.thegaryhouse.com/aircraftdamage/
I was down in a remote area of Mexico this last weekend and a truck
backed into my aileron. I was lucky that the driver had a sat phone and
I was able to call an A&P to come down to Mexico and swap it for me.
However, all the local pilots, and the A&P who came down seemed to
think it would have flown ok as was. From a simply academic point of
view I"m curious what you guys think.
I would not have felt qualified to determine whether it was flyable or
not, so I probably would not have flown it without getting an opinion
and a ferry permit from an A&P (and I am not above making the A&P fly
with me). My main concerns would be weakened attach points and possibly
some sort of flutter induced by disrupted airflow over the aileron.