carqwik Posted September 30, 2016 Report Posted September 30, 2016 Story suggests that the pilot had some kind of gear problem (1993 Bravo N3RZ) and couldn't get it down...forced to belly land. Of course, no idea if the reporting is accurate. http://www.kathrynsreport.com/2016/09/incident-occurred-september-29-2016-at.html Plane is/was listed for sale by Byerly Aviation...says gear was "overhauled" in 2014. http://www.byerlyaviation.com/n3rz/#1446154554729-ac7935ce-a1f7 Possible no-back spring issue?
M20S Driver Posted September 30, 2016 Report Posted September 30, 2016 40 minutes ago, carqwik said: Possible no-back spring issue? That would be my guess too... It must have had around 1800-2000 hours when it failed.
DVA Posted October 1, 2016 Report Posted October 1, 2016 Does anyone here know if there has ever been more than that single confirmed failure of the no-back spring that spawned the AD years ago?
carusoam Posted October 1, 2016 Report Posted October 1, 2016 There have been some really good pictures of cracks forming in the spring posted around here somewhere. The details seem to show more cracks over time. See if you can find them by the search function. It would be interesting to get your thoughts. Best regards, -a-
M20S Driver Posted October 1, 2016 Report Posted October 1, 2016 http://mooneyspace.com/topic/17746-gear-extension-failure-gear-up-landing/#comment-257626 Here is one case of spring failure. See the last two posts. Driver
CaptainAB Posted October 12, 2016 Report Posted October 12, 2016 That thing had been on the market forever. Maybe someone was trying to scuttle the plain?
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