On Thursday, December 19, 2019 at 9:33:40 AM UTC-5, wrote:
After an accident people assume the ship is totaled and are capable of doing some incredibly stupid things. We got a Cirrus that someone had hack-sawed the aileron push-rod into, right next to quick release fitting! Then there was the G-103 that ground-looped which bent the aft carry-through bar, this put the wing attach fittings in a bind and the wings wouldn’t come off! Club members used a pry-bar on the release fittings...................that little bit of stupidity really did total the bird!
JJ

We bought a 1-26 that was declared a total loss because the salvage guys, there to collect a Blanik, tried to drill the main pins out of the 1-26 that was next to it! They were not even at the right ship.
You can not think this stuff up.
UH