Cessna R182 Skylane RG, G-BOWO
Report name:
Cessna R182 Skylane RG, G-BOWO
Cessna R182 Skylane RG, G-BOWO
Registration:
G-BOWO
G-BOWO
Type:
Cessna R182 Skylane RG
Cessna R182 Skylane RG
Location:
Wolverhampton (Halfpenny Green) Airfield, W Midlands
Wolverhampton (Halfpenny Green) Airfield, W Midlands
Date of occurrence:
06 October 2007
06 October 2007
Category:
General Aviation - Fixed Wing
General Aviation - Fixed Wing
Summary:
The aircraft landed with the left main landing gear not fully down. Metallurgical examination showed that this was due to the separation of the landing gear pivot assembly which had resulted from a cyclic fatigue mechanism. There is a history of similar failures on the R182 and the 172RG which share a similar, but not identical, design of the pivot assembly to that on G-BOWO.
The aircraft landed with the left main landing gear not fully down. Metallurgical examination showed that this was due to the separation of the landing gear pivot assembly which had resulted from a cyclic fatigue mechanism. There is a history of similar failures on the R182 and the 172RG which share a similar, but not identical, design of the pivot assembly to that on G-BOWO.
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