2016 accident. Piper J5 damaged on landing, but pilot flies it home anyway.

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''The Pilot inspected the aircraft at the field in Co. Monaghan following the occurrence and was aware that the right hand wing tip had sustained damage and that a “bar in [the front left hand side of] the cockpit” was “bulging” and “bent”. Although the aircraft had come to rest in a nose down position, the Pilot was of the understanding that the propeller was undamaged.

Approximately 20 minutes after the occurrence, he turned the aircraft around, performed a take-off in the opposite direction and flew back to the airstrip in Co. Galway. During the take-off, he realised that the aircraft “was weak on that [the left hand] side” and said he kept this in mind and landed “on the right wheel” in Co. Galway.''

http://www.aaiu.ie/sites/default/files/report-attachments/REPORT%202018-003.pdf

Crumbs ! Can't help thinking of the Robin DR400 which broke up in midair, after riding over a haybale, but still took off from Kemble.

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