There was a 10 inch gap between the leading edge and the
main fuselage, and near the outboard end of the wing, the clear
impression of the cable - at the bottom of a "valley" mashed almost a

foot deep into the leading edge. How the thing held together long
enough
for him to land it is beyond my wildest imagination.

That first ten inches or so is only thin aluminum skin. The
wing's main spar is located there, and it's thick and massive and would
take out a substantial fencpost if necessary. Striking the wire near
the wingtip would do more damage, as the leverage would pull the wing
back and wrinkle the whole thing.
Those orange markers are often located over pipelines; the light
airplanes and helicopters that regularly patrol the line are often only
100' up and need to see such obstacles. The pilots are watching for any
unauthorized digging along the right-of-way. A few years ago near here
a patroller found a farmer digging with his backhoe right over a large
natural gas main, and had to buzz the hoe several times to scare the
guy off it until a cop, radioed by the pilot, got there to stop him. He
was within a couple of shovelfuls of striking the pipe and blowing
himself up.

Dan