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Old 11th March 2013, 12:51
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Re: Focke-Wulf variant identification

Interesting picture, I wonder how this crash happened. Obviously no belly landing because the flaps and the loop antenna show no damage, so why the tail wheel broke off. The main gear is retracted and the tail wheel should be (semi) retracted too. It is nearly impossible to break the tail wheel strut without a lot of damage at the tail fin. This is very mysterious indeed.
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Old 11th March 2013, 13:44
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Re: Focke-Wulf variant identification

The main gear I would say is damaged from the angle of the wheel and u/c cover has a funny twist to it near the wing surface. This could happen in a hard landing.
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Old 11th March 2013, 18:52
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Re: Focke-Wulf variant identification

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Hello. I do not know the unit for sure, but I know the aircraft is an F-9.
Mark, how do you know the machine is an F-9? Other than WNr (which is not visible), the BMW 801TS engine and the broader blade prop associated with the TS, one cannot tell that it might be an F-9.

As for the crash, if it was attacked on landing and did not have the gear down, that might explain part of that. As for the torn off tailwheel, often units on grassy airfields locked the tailwheel down as mud could could problems with retraction or lowering. The spinner is badly dented indicating a nose-over as we see.
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