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.glasair.org ([65.75.24.102] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.4.1) with ESMTPS id 5127971 for lml@lancaironline.net; Sat, 17 Sep 2011 18:33:12 -0400 Received-SPF: none receiver=logan.com; client-ip=65.75.24.102; envelope-from=BGray@glasair.org Received: from gray1 by mail.glasair.org (VisNetic.MailServer.v9.1.4.1) with ESMTP id AFX06236 for ; Sat, 17 Sep 2011 18:32:36 -0400 From: "Bruce" X-Original-To: "'Lancair Mailing List'" Subject: RE: [LML] Left Main strut ear weld (Hydraulic Actuator) failure X-Original-Date: Sat, 17 Sep 2011 18:32:33 -0400 X-Original-Message-ID: <8C7B519FE8254CB48BC7D3E1BEAD0AE7@gray1> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_01E8_01CC7568.2A5824D0" X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook, Build 10.0.2627 Importance: Normal In-Reply-To: X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.6109 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_01E8_01CC7568.2A5824D0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit So, what held the gear down? Does the your aircraft have mechanical downlocks? Bruce WWW.Glasair.org -----Original Message----- From: Lancair Mailing List [mailto:lml@lancaironline.net] On Behalf Of Tony Moradian Sent: Saturday, September 17, 2011 4:32 PM To: lml@lancaironline.net Subject: [LML] Left Main strut ear weld (Hydraulic Actuator) failure 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 ------=_NextPart_000_01E8_01CC7568.2A5824D0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

So, what held the gear down? Does = the your aircraft have mechanical downlocks?

 

Bruce
WWW.Glasair.org

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From: Lancair Mailing = List [mailto:lml@lancaironline.net] On = Behalf Of Tony Moradian
Sent: Saturday, September = 17, 2011 4:32 PM
To: = lml@lancaironline.net
Subject: [LML] Left Main = strut ear weld (Hydraulic Actuator) failure

 

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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