X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Sender: To: lml@lancaironline.net Date: Sun, 18 Sep 2011 12:32:55 -0400 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from nm17-vm0.bullet.mail.bf1.yahoo.com ([98.139.213.157] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.4.1) with SMTP id 5128421 for lml@lancaironline.net; Sun, 18 Sep 2011 10:16:21 -0400 Received-SPF: none receiver=logan.com; client-ip=98.139.213.157; envelope-from=mattinlosangeles@yahoo.com Received: from [98.139.212.150] by nm17.bullet.mail.bf1.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 18 Sep 2011 14:15:46 -0000 Received: from [98.139.212.226] by tm7.bullet.mail.bf1.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 18 Sep 2011 14:15:46 -0000 Received: from [127.0.0.1] by omp1035.mail.bf1.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 18 Sep 2011 14:15:46 -0000 X-Yahoo-Newman-Id: 77689.514.bm@omp1035.mail.bf1.yahoo.com Received: (qmail 29616 invoked from network); 18 Sep 2011 14:15:45 -0000 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=yahoo.com; h=DKIM-Signature:X-Yahoo-Newman-Property:X-YMail-OSG:X-Yahoo-SMTP:Received:References:Mime-Version:In-Reply-To:X-Apple-Yahoo-Original-Message-Folder:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding:Message-Id:Cc:X-Mailer:From:X-Apple-Yahoo-Replied-Msgid:Subject:Date:To; b=Ma/BF5YspGI3ssnLdkBX4+//WnaOyGTTwf9YRCiqeVRkQ7zeKZ+6UfSGodXpzOJa+8yGmju1fKs0P3iFwz63pepMc7MBPDxPTYJo5wiqipFQ7vbA96LviM5w2mvNgYsC9Nz8jeN3CG8AXGlifz58TL4/XyYvjDTDrhwmVDNzNU4= ; X-Yahoo-Newman-Property: ymail-3 X-YMail-OSG: ISMCU5MVM1lqNp1z0.rq0bg9np8aiyDQEHq2HDX8.lSd1PD vTkHKtLh5w2gxtLePKo826VHkUjmJH2aw3gbyHUz21_69p1_A1qblVafY067 _ueGD9YWt_FAr0cdtnF6a3vPd0T.nW1Na8MQetv.SVa_VYxcOt7__1mEgPKl h68I2CpaLTHju4CEbuZBCzhqJ2gleP1cvDazhXVVrkq4pUDCLIVNawDKqQ4P QIOrT2BB8zBz1tvcC96BPWNOhgXTLRbpyFHSHkR8aKvbWggyeKtZu1lUq65R NiyaIODfEZydiVm9Ygb9kpQ1KXs1dPyy9ACGSGa0iQUkeYseE4yXiD25ktw9 gT07M5QwVwTq6.uGvlWlB6HP1DNyR3zzJqK7KvpoNueXBcbwWXV7BYfBaYYJ x3ZdsGaL7rNFb95owv46skrJmt2lA.ldnGoqhWD6BpCyBiQj7R_DMWDz59Ko 92qk49HK_5rbV9GZTf5cN0naT3DTXS9MtiCX8uI4cGF.sVW1X3cToeyQYBiX coznVtD8o X-Yahoo-SMTP: qSoeC7GswBDtLKiCbjlydJsHEudRg9StIzMfLuM- Received: from [192.168.0.150] (mattinlosangeles@24.205.82.148 with xymcookie) by smtp111-mob.biz.mail.bf1.yahoo.com with SMTP; 18 Sep 2011 07:15:45 -0700 PDT References: Mime-Version: 1.0 (iPhone Mail 8L1) In-Reply-To: X-Apple-Yahoo-Original-Message-Folder: Inbox Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=Apple-Mail-78-893210374 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Original-Message-Id: <9674CA9B-B3FE-480C-BE4B-32333B6E363C@yahoo.com> X-Original-Cc: "lml@lancaironline.net" X-Mailer: iPhone Mail (8L1) From: Matt X-Apple-Yahoo-Replied-Msgid: 1_15467414_APXTi2IAAX2qTnUELgv8gzfvPYE Subject: Re: [LML] Left Main strut ear weld (Hydraulic Actuator) failure X-Original-Date: Sun, 18 Sep 2011 07:15:40 -0700 X-Original-To: Lancair Mailing List --Apple-Mail-78-893210374 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Clearly this is pilot error :) Matt Sent from my iPhone On Sep 17, 2011, at 1:32 PM, Tony Moradian wrote: > On my last flight after i put the gear up, the left main indicator light w= as still on. The tower confirmed that the left main was still down. I orbi= ted overhead and put the gear handle down. Three greens. Confirmed by the t= ower that all three were down. Set up for a landing with the thought in min= d that the gear may collapse upon touch down, not knowing nor being able to c= onfirm the reason for this malfuntion. I had had several other failures on t= his and preceding this flight that were mostly electrical in nature that i h= ave been battling with since 30 hours on the plane. (Main Bus failure, ahrs= , overvoltage etc.) Ended up making an uneventful landing. After further i= nspections what you see in the pictures is what i found. To my knowledge, i= don't know of any other Legacies that have had this failure. Please let me= know if you know otherwise. This looks like a bad weld to me!!! All of th= e forces on this weld are parallel to the way it sheared off the strut. U= nbelievable!!!! Check the actuator connection to main strut ear on your Leg= acies. > =20 > Tony Moradian > Legacy L2K330 > N444HL > > > > > -- > For archives and unsub http://mail.lancaironline.net:81/lists/lml/List.htm= l --Apple-Mail-78-893210374 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8
Clearly this is pilot error :)

Matt

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On Sep 17, 2011, at 1:32 PM, Tony Moradian <tmoradia@yahoo.com> wrote:

On my last flight after i put the gear up, the left main indicator light was still on.  The tower confirmed that the left main was still down.  I orbited overhead and put the gear handle down.  Three greens.  Confirmed by the tower that all three were down.  Set up for a landing with the thought in mind that the gear may collapse upon touch down, not knowing nor being able to confirm the reason for this malfuntion.  I had had several other failures on this and preceding this flight that were mostly electrical in nature that i have been battling with since 30 hours on the plane.  (Main Bus failure, ahrs, overvoltage etc.)  Ended up making an uneventful landing.  After further inspections what you see in the pictures is what i found.  To my knowledge, i don't know of any other Legacies that have had this failure.  Please let me know if you know otherwise.  This looks like a bad weld to me!!!  All of the forces on this  weld are parallel to the way it sheared off the strut.  Unbelievable!!!!  Check the actuator connection to main strut ear on your Legacies.
 
Tony Moradian
Legacy L2K330
N444HL
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