Landing Gear Failure

[Gary Gustafson]

Today I had a landing gear failure on the right main gear. It was strange as


we touched down after a small hop (1 foot high) and the right side main gear

felt sluggish as if we had a flat tire. After opening the window and looking
down

one could see the tire tilted out at a 30 degree angle to the ground,
meaning

almost horizontal. It was a job getting it back to the hanger.



The failure resulted in the right hand main gear leg (LG-44) just above the
main

gear leg gussets. It seems to have sheared horizontally across