X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Sender: To: lml@lancaironline.net Date: Mon, 08 Nov 2010 13:28:17 -0500 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from imr-ma02.mx.aol.com ([64.12.206.40] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.3.10) with ESMTP id 4570281 for lml@lancaironline.net; Sun, 07 Nov 2010 18:39:57 -0500 Received-SPF: pass receiver=logan.com; client-ip=64.12.206.40; envelope-from=Sky2high@aol.com Received: from imo-ma04.mx.aol.com (imo-ma04.mx.aol.com [64.12.78.139]) by imr-ma02.mx.aol.com (8.14.1/8.14.1) with ESMTP id oA7NdFVm016148 for ; Sun, 7 Nov 2010 18:39:15 -0500 Received: from Sky2high@aol.com by imo-ma04.mx.aol.com (mail_out_v42.9.) id q.fdd.1ab7c71 (37067) for ; Sun, 7 Nov 2010 18:39:13 -0500 (EST) Received: from magic-m27.mail.aol.com (magic-m27.mail.aol.com [172.20.22.200]) by cia-db05.mx.aol.com (v129.5) with ESMTP id MAILCIADB051-90cb4cd738a112a; Sun, 07 Nov 2010 18:39:13 -0500 From: Sky2high@aol.com X-Original-Message-ID: <4e826.865769e.3a0892a1@aol.com> X-Original-Date: Sun, 7 Nov 2010 18:39:13 EST Subject: Re: [LML] Nose gear failure X-Original-To: lml@lancaironline.net MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="part1_4e826.865769e.3a0892a1_boundary" X-Mailer: AOL 9.5 sub 5400 X-AOL-IP: 24.15.17.119 X-Spam-Flag:NO X-AOL-SENDER: Sky2high@aol.com --part1_4e826.865769e.3a0892a1_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Rusty, Bummer. What exactly failed? Is this the tube spacer that is between the bearing blocks on the engine mount? Did it and the AN4 bolt bend or break? Any pix? Scott Krueger In a message dated 11/7/2010 4:35:07 P.M. Central Standard Time, hamer@theunion.net writes: My 1990 235/340 (1987 kit 173) had the left upper tube to the left nose gear pivot block fail yesterday resulting in a nose gear up landing. I believe the tube failure occurred after I made a sharp turn to runway line up. It retracted but the nose gear up light did not illuminate. It would not extend since it twisted and jammed in the tunnel. I have not had any trouble with shimmy. The aircraft has about 1,000 hours. Rusty -- For archives and unsub http://mail.lancaironline.net:81/lists/lml/List.html --part1_4e826.865769e.3a0892a1_boundary Content-Type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

Rusty,

Bummer.

What exactly failed? Is this the tube spacer that is= =20 between the bearing blocks on the engine mount? Did it and=20 the AN4 bolt bend or break? Any pix?

Scott Krueger

In a message dated 11/7/2010 4:35:07 P.M. Central Standard Time,=20 hamer@theunion.net writes:

My 1990=20 235/340 (1987 kit 173) had the left upper tube to the left nose gear piv= ot=20 block fail yesterday resulting in a nose gear up landing. I believe the= tube=20 failure occurred after I made a sharp turn to runway line up. It retract= ed but=20 the nose gear up light did not illuminate. It would not extend since it= =20 twisted and jammed in the tunnel. I have not had any trouble with shimmy= . The=20 aircraft has about 1,000 hours.
Rusty
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