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A PA28-161 declared an emergency and returned to the field due to the left main landing gear strut and wheel assembly departed the aircraft on takeoff.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 374581 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199707 |
| Day | Tue |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : ijx |
| State Reference | IL |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | general aviation : instructional |
| Make Model Name | PA-28 Cherokee Arrow IV |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | climbout : takeoff landing other other |
| Flight Plan | None |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | Other |
| Function | instruction : instructor oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : cfi pilot : instrument pilot : commercial |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 145 flight time total : 783 flight time type : 252 |
| ASRS Report | 374581 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | Other |
| Function | instruction : trainee |
| Qualification | other other : other |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other other : unspecified |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : declared emergency none taken : detected after the fact other |
| Consequence | other Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
Narrative:
Departed ijx. Left main strut and wheel never left ground with me. Practiced maneuvers with student and was returning for landing. Manager at that time notified us he'd just found 1 main strut and wheel. I then prepared to make low approach for verification. Afterwards, I shut fuel flow and electrical power off (left main) and glided in on grass runway with left crosswind to help create more lift on wheel-less wing. Once landed, everything went smoothly enough that the only damage was to the left flap which was easily fixed. Callback conversation with reporter revealed the following information: the reporter stated the strut and wheel failure was caused by a sheared bolt which locks the strut assembly into the strut support socket. The reporter said a thorough search of the logbook failed to reveal any previous work on the landing gear or history of landing gear problems.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A PA28-161 DECLARED AN EMER AND RETURNED TO THE FIELD DUE TO THE L MAIN LNDG GEAR STRUT AND WHEEL ASSEMBLY DEPARTED THE ACFT ON TKOF.
Narrative: DEPARTED IJX. L MAIN STRUT AND WHEEL NEVER LEFT GND WITH ME. PRACTICED MANEUVERS WITH STUDENT AND WAS RETURNING FOR LNDG. MANAGER AT THAT TIME NOTIFIED US HE'D JUST FOUND 1 MAIN STRUT AND WHEEL. I THEN PREPARED TO MAKE LOW APCH FOR VERIFICATION. AFTERWARDS, I SHUT FUEL FLOW AND ELECTRICAL PWR OFF (L MAIN) AND GLIDED IN ON GRASS RWY WITH L XWIND TO HELP CREATE MORE LIFT ON WHEEL-LESS WING. ONCE LANDED, EVERYTHING WENT SMOOTHLY ENOUGH THAT THE ONLY DAMAGE WAS TO THE L FLAP WHICH WAS EASILY FIXED. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: THE RPTR STATED THE STRUT AND WHEEL FAILURE WAS CAUSED BY A SHEARED BOLT WHICH LOCKS THE STRUT ASSEMBLY INTO THE STRUT SUPPORT SOCKET. THE RPTR SAID A THOROUGH SEARCH OF THE LOGBOOK FAILED TO REVEAL ANY PREVIOUS WORK ON THE LNDG GEAR OR HISTORY OF LNDG GEAR PROBS.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 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.