Safety Analysis

Strut Stuff

Editorial Staff

Wednesday, July 22, 2020 at 11:56 AM ET

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Key Takeaways:

A variety of aircraft experienced landing gear strut failures, including debonding, internal component damage, misalignment, deflation, wear from adjacent parts, and structural cracking.
Causes for these failures ranged from operational stresses like hard landings and improper component routing to potential manufacturing or assembly defects.
Many issues, such as internal strut damage or wear, were often difficult to detect during routine inspections, requiring complete disassembly or incidental discovery during other maintenance.

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