REFLECTOR: Reflector Digest, Vol 113, Issue 18
Matt Bucko via Reflector
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Sun Aug 17 12:12:08 CDT 2014
I looks like it broke near the fuselage, not a the axle end, where heat
does indeed do bad things...
Matt
On 8/17/2014 9:15 AM, wimjhuisman via Reflector wrote:
> Most possible is overheating during taxiing. My old velocity N29DH
> suffered the same accident 9 months after I sold it.
> The gear inside the legs looked like the epoxy and layups had actually
> changed in molecular substance .
> Any Velocity where you see the tow in changed to a serious tow out is
> suspectable in my view..
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> Wim
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> 1. Re: N585V XL/FG main gear failure (Brett Ferrell via Reflector)
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> Date: Sun, 17 Aug 2014 11:03:18 -0400
> From: Brett Ferrell via Reflector <reflector at tvbf.org <javascript:;>>
> To: Brian Michalk <michalk at dax.awpi.com <javascript:;>>, Velocity
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> Subject: Re: REFLECTOR: N585V XL/FG main gear failure
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> No, at least on the first, the torsional wrap failed on Andy's
> gear, rendering it a wet noodle... start at picture 2301...
> (prior to winning the Linday - WOW)...
> [1]http://www.kal-soft.com/velocity/
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> Can't tell what happened here really, except the gear leg is
> laying on the ground... I'm not sure how you get that unless
> you cut it in half, even without the bolt how does it come out
> of the fuselage? The main gear box is so strong, and against
> the firewall... plus if you look at the other picture, the
> copilot leg section is still there. It causes me to speculate
> he lost the torsional wrap, and it broke (pilot side of the
> leg) after leaving the pavement and getting into that ditch,
> but that's all just my guesswork...
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> Brett Ferrell
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> On Sun, Aug 17, 2014, at 10:27 AM, Brian Michalk wrote:
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> Fixed gear failure?
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> This is the first I've heard of such a thing.
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> Did the main gear bolts fail? Those things are massive.
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> On 08/17/2014 07:59 AM, Brett Ferrell via Reflector wrote:
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> I'm glad everyone's OK, but it looks like the wing got dragged
> and maybe the prop... and it's the second XL/FG main gear
> incident this year. Now I'm beginning to wonder... is Dick
> Harpster on the list? Can you give us any insight?
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> [2]http://www.thepilot.com/news/small-plane-crash-lands-at-cart
> hage-airport/article_e0e9cf84-256c-11e4-88e6-001a4bcf6878.html?
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