Video of Miami Crash

[Mud Eagle]

CNN reporting this morning that there was an existing fatigue crack nearly all hte way through the spar.

 

[Publishers]

That is what the initial report is. I cannot recall another case of this in an aircraft flown normally. We have had several that occured in fire fighting aircraft like the C130 that came apart, and, the small trainer that was used in unusul attitude and spin recovery, but those were all high stress situations.

This could be the combined age/salt water/ sea plane impact (slightly different than landing on land and tires all the time).