REFLECTOR: Nose Gear Struts - Safety Issue

[John Dibble]

How do I determine if my gusset was retro-fitted?

John

Scott Baker wrote:

> Look for Velocity, Inc. to issue a safety warning and recall of nose gear
> struts that have been retro-fitted with the double wall "taco" style gusset.
> This notice is in response to several recent nose gear incidents where the
> nose strut itself has broken below the taco gusset.  The breakages occured
> after hard landings and/or nose wheel shimmey incidents.
> The nose gear strut supplied with the kit is heat treated.  This warning
> does not apply to new or unaltered nose gear struts.  It applies ONLY to
> nose gear struts that have had gusset repairs that required welding and
> which have not been normalized and re-heat treated following the repair.