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>   ]