Blame Willy Mescherschmitt, The wings on 109's were so lightly constructed they couldn't support the landing gear or alot of armament. It was, instead attached to the main airframe thus the narrow stance and difficult to land plane. I'm reading a book called "Fighter Boys" right now its about the R.A.F. up to and including The Battle of Britain, the book states that 5% on ALL Me109's ever made were lost in landing accidents like this one. Hate to see it, it was a beautiful restoration......Hope they put her back together.