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Decathlon pilot reports landing gear separation from the aircraft shortly after touching down on a paved runway. As the the aircraft slows it departs the runway to the left.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1028245 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201207 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201-1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.Airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Decathlon 8KCAB |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | Landing |
| Route In Use | Visual Approach |
| Flight Plan | None |
| Component | |
| Aircraft Component | Main Gear |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Pilot Flying Single Pilot |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Flight Engineer Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Sea |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 68 Flight Crew Total 11431 Flight Crew Type 300 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical Ground Excursion Runway Inflight Event / Encounter Loss Of Aircraft Control |
Narrative:
After normal landing; approximately 3 seconds into ground rollout; heard a loud crack and saw left main gear depart aircraft hitting left wing strut and then left side of fuselage. [I] controlled aircraft tracking straight down paved runway slowing down. As aircraft speed slowed [it] weather vaned into wind and I departed runway to the left still in control until wingtip dipped. [I] pulled engine mixture to off prior to stopping. Existing cracks in 33 year old gear caused gear to fail; which caused incident.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: Decathlon pilot reports landing gear separation from the aircraft shortly after touching down on a paved runway. As the the aircraft slows it departs the runway to the left.
Narrative: After normal landing; approximately 3 seconds into ground rollout; heard a loud crack and saw left main gear depart aircraft hitting left wing strut and then left side of fuselage. [I] controlled aircraft tracking straight down paved runway slowing down. As aircraft speed slowed [it] weather vaned into wind and I departed runway to the left still in control until wingtip dipped. [I] pulled engine mixture to off prior to stopping. Existing cracks in 33 year old gear caused gear to fail; which caused incident.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2013 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.