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Posted for "Matt Hapgood" <matt.hapgood@alumni.duke.edu>:

  Oh, that is brutal.  Odd how even the nose gear is wobbling.  Did the pilot
  not know the chocks were there, or did he/she think they would hold the
  plane??
  
  Matt


[I don't know the details and suspect that speculation will run rampant. 
 Unless something sizeable was torn loose it looked to me like the right main 
down lock either wasn't fully engaged or failed.  All I know for sure is that 
when we were testing the Eagle engine on Ted Noel's airplane we tied the plane 
to either a tree or my Lincoln, with the attach points for the ropes right up 
where the gear legs meet the fuselage in order to keep the lever arm on the 
gear leg as short as possible.  A third bridle around the tail would been an 
excellent piece of additional insurance.   <Marv>   ]