I agree with this completely. Our plane had a multiple-point landing
gear failure a few days after we bought it, and the single factor in all
of it was improper maintenance.

Richard Kaplan wrote:
I have heard of other stories like this and they have always been in
reference to planes which just changed hands or planes which were known to
have deferred maintenance.

My guess would be that the plane had prior deferred maintenance due to
intermittent electrical/avionics problems.