Safety Analysis

Strut Stuff

Editorial Staff

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

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Key Takeaways:

The incidents reveal a range of landing gear strut failures, primarily affecting nose gear assemblies but also main landing gear, across various aircraft types.
Causes for these failures are diverse, including operational stresses from hard landings, improper ground handling, manufacturing misalignments, component wear due to adjacent routing, and internal part degradation.
Consequences vary from misalignment and deflated struts causing minor damage to critical structural failures like debonding or cracking leading to gear collapse, underscoring the importance of thorough inspections and proper maintenance practices.

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American General AA-5A Cheetah

Debonded Nose Landing Gear Strut

Editorial Staff