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 imr-da05.mx.aol.com ([205.188.105.147] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.4.1) with ESMTP id 5127964 for lml@lancaironline.net; Sat, 17 Sep 2011 17:20:10 -0400 Received-SPF: pass receiver=logan.com; client-ip=205.188.105.147; envelope-from=BrienAttorney@aol.com Received: from mtaout-da03.r1000.mx.aol.com (mtaout-da03.r1000.mx.aol.com [172.29.51.131]) by imr-da05.mx.aol.com (8.14.1/8.14.1) with ESMTP id p8HLJWqg001104 for ; Sat, 17 Sep 2011 17:19:32 -0400 Received: from [192.168.0.15] (24-176-198-164.static.malb.ca.charter.com [24.176.198.164]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AES128-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mtaout-da03.r1000.mx.aol.com (MUA/Third Party Client Interface) with ESMTPSA id 0E4ADE0000F1 for ; Sat, 17 Sep 2011 17:19:32 -0400 (EDT) Subject: Re: [LML] Left Main strut ear weld (Hydraulic Actuator) failure References: From: David Brien Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=Apple-Mail-2-832238581 X-Mailer: iPad Mail (8L1) In-Reply-To: X-Original-Message-Id: X-Original-Date: Sat, 17 Sep 2011 14:19:29 -0700 X-Original-To: Lancair Mailing List Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mime-Version: 1.0 (iPad Mail 8L1) x-aol-global-disposition: G X-AOL-SCOLL-SCORE: 0:2:354489024:93952408 X-AOL-SCOLL-URL_COUNT: 0 x-aol-sid: 3039ac1d33834e750ee403e7 X-AOL-IP: 24.176.198.164 --Apple-Mail-2-832238581 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Looks like a bad weld. I would be very cautious about additional flights wit= hout a complete investigation of the unit. If the weld were good, it would f= ail above or below the weld itself. This also looks like a complete unit sup= plied by the manufacturer. You should put them on notice of this failure, ev= en though it might be an isolated incident, they should issue an inspection b= ulletin. David R. Brien, Esq. 30423 Canwood Street Suite 131 Agoura Hills , CA 91301 Tel:(818) 874-9664 Fax:(818) 874-9681 NOTICE: This e-mail (including any files transmitted with it) is being sent b= y a law firm. It is intended only for the individual or entity to which it i= s addressed and may contain information that is proprietary, privileged, con= fidential or otherwise exempt from disclosure under applicable Federal or St= ate Law. If you are not the named addressee or the employee or agent respons= ible for delivering this e-mail to the named addressee, be advised that you h= ave received this e-mail in error and you are prohibited from any disseminat= ion, distribution or copying of this e-mail. If you have received this e-mai= l in error, please immediately contact the sender by reply e-mail, telephone= , or facsimile. 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. Un= believable!!!! Check the actuator connection to main strut ear on your Lega= cies. > =20 > Tony Moradian > Legacy L2K330 > N444HL > > > > > -- > For archives and unsub http://mail.lancaironline.net:81/lists/lml/List.htm= l --Apple-Mail-2-832238581 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8
Looks like a bad weld. I would be very c= autious about additional flights without a complete investigation of the uni= t. If the weld were good, it would fail above or below the weld itself. This= also looks like a complete unit supplied by the manufacturer. You should pu= t them on notice of this failure, even though it might be an isolated incide= nt, they should issue an inspection bulletin.


Dav= id R. Brien, Esq.
30423 Canwood Street
Suite 131
Agoura Hills , CA 91301
Tel:(818) 874-9664
Fax:(818) 8= 74-9681

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On Sep 1= 7, 2011, at 1:32 PM, Tony Moradian <tmoradia@yahoo.com> wrote:

On my last flight after i put the=20 gear up, the left main indicator light was still on.  The tower=20 confirmed that the left main was still down.  I orbited overhead and pu= t the gear handle down.  Three greens.  Confirmed by the tower that= all=20 three were down.  Set up for a landing with the thought in mind that th= e gear may collapse upon touch down, not knowing nor being able to=20 confirm the reason for this malfuntion.  I had had several other=20 failures on this and preceding this flight that were mostly electrical=20 in nature that i have been battling with since 30 hours on the plane. =20= (Main Bus failure, ahrs, overvoltage etc.)  Ended up making an=20 uneventful landing.  After further inspections what you see in the=20 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=20= know otherwise.  This looks like a bad weld to me!!!  All of the f= orces=20 on this  weld are parallel to the way it sheared off the strut. =20= Unbelievable!!!!  Check the actuator connection to main strut ear on=20= your Legacies.
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Tony Moradian
Legacy L2K330
N444HL
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