>>53774Well duh. at most the skin is going to be .050-.025 inches thick. You could punch a hole in the side of one of those if you really wanted to.
Now a Cirrus/composite aircraft..you'd need a hammer. I'd actually like to see this happen IRL to one of those (Julianned Cirrus empennage).
None the less, these aircraft are very fragile, which is why it's a CF trying to dance around the FAA to get everything peachy to have an IA sign off any repair you do. As for those Warriors..total write off. You couldn't even wish that thing better, let alone reskin, rebuild tail, and patch the nacelles.
At least Western hasn't had anything THAT dramatic happen yet. I mean the worst was one of the instructors doing a gear up belly landing on the runway because he forgot which way the gear lever was supposed to be set. -_-