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 mail-iy0-f180.google.com ([209.85.210.180] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.4.1) with ESMTPS id 5127960 for lml@lancaironline.net; Sat, 17 Sep 2011 17:18:28 -0400 Received-SPF: pass receiver=logan.com; client-ip=209.85.210.180; envelope-from=dave.saylor.aircrafters@gmail.com Received: by iahk25 with SMTP id k25so5144758iah.25 for ; Sat, 17 Sep 2011 14:17:53 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.231.21.198 with SMTP id k6mr1264680ibb.97.1316294272100; Sat, 17 Sep 2011 14:17:52 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.231.45.20 with HTTP; Sat, 17 Sep 2011 14:17:12 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: From: Dave Saylor X-Original-Date: Sat, 17 Sep 2011 14:17:12 -0700 X-Original-Message-ID: Subject: Re: [LML] Left Main strut ear weld (Hydraulic Actuator) failure X-Original-To: Lancair Mailing List Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable One of our customers had this exact same failure in 2009 during ground testing, also on the left, before the plane even flew. We sent it back to Lancair and it was replaced. The new part had more weld material. Dave Saylor AirCrafters 140 Aviation Way Watsonville, CA 95076 831-722-9141 Shop 831-750-0284 Cell On Sat, 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 = was > still on.=C2=A0 The tower confirmed that the left main was still down.=C2= =A0 I orbited > overhead and put the gear handle down.=C2=A0 Three greens.=C2=A0 Confirme= d by the > tower that all three were down.=C2=A0 Set up for a landing with the thoug= ht in > mind that the gear may collapse upon touch down, not knowing nor being ab= le > to confirm the reason for this malfuntion.=C2=A0 I had had several other = failures > on this and preceding this flight that were mostly electrical in nature t= hat > i have been battling with since 30 hours on the plane.=C2=A0 (Main Bus fa= ilure, > ahrs, overvoltage etc.)=C2=A0 Ended up making an uneventful landing.=C2= =A0 After > further inspections what you see in the pictures is what i found.=C2=A0 T= o my > knowledge, i don't know of any other Legacies that have had this failure. > Please let me know if you know otherwise.=C2=A0 This looks like a bad wel= d to > me!!!=C2=A0 All of the forces on this=C2=A0 weld are parallel to the way = it sheared > off the strut.=C2=A0 Unbelievable!!!!=C2=A0 Check the actuator connection= to main > strut ear on your Legacies. > > Tony Moradian > Legacy L2K330 > N444HL > -- > For archives and unsub http://mail.lancaironline.net:81/lists/lml/List.ht= ml > >