We had the identical failure in an Archer at our field a few years ago. New
aircraft owner getting checked out by a 78-year old instructor who had been
flying since 1941. As they rotated they heard loud banging from underneath.
A low pass over the field confirmed the right main dangling from the brake
line. The crusty old instructor just took over and headed for Trenton where
they had better firefighting support. Somewhere along the way the banging
stopped. Lou put it down without incident, and with only a few scratches on
the wingtip. Unlike the guy in the video, he applied just enough brake on
the good main to keep it dead straight on the runway. No sign of the errant
strut and wheel, just a stub of the brake line left. Turned out the strut
seal retainer had blown out, apparently taking the scissors with it. I
guess it's not an uncommon failure. We never found the missing main gear.
Fortunately, it didn't end up in someone's living room.

--
Bob (Chief Pilot, White Knuckle Airways)


"Dave" wrote in message
...
...or the trailing link broke , allowing the strut pressure to push
the ram out of the mount...

Dave




On 28 Sep 2006 07:59:51 -0700, "Kingfish"
wrote:

I saw this clip yesterday of an emergency landing. I'm curious to know
what this guy hit to knock off the left main? Looks like it was hanging
by the brake line. Obviously a slow day when a Warrior makes news by
sliding down the runway to an uneventful grinding halt.


http://player2.clipsyndicate.com/pla...?clip_id=93797