Airplanes do a lot of things well. Offroading isn't one of them. Just by the pictures, it doesn't look like a complete write-off. But what do I know? That's one expensive excursion right there, folks.
If you look at the comments, our friends at The Local have more info. Your filter won't let me post the link though. This article says that plane had a fire either right before or during the landing. No mention as to why he decided to execute a "runway excursion". Assuming that he wasn't moving too fast, the spine wouldn't be damaged. If that's the case, you've got a problem with the front gear and the attachment points (costly) and some sheetmetal work (costly, but not that bad). Some avionics might be in trouble when I look at the radome, but not enough to write the plane off.
All depending on the damage to the spine of the plane.
Posted by: Ron ap Rhys on August 7, 2009 12:32 PM