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Hard landing in a retractable
Hi!
I had a rather embarrassing hard landing yesterday in a cross wind. Been years since that happened, most touchdowns have beed silk smooth (sort of) lately, but yesterday, I somehow managed to flare too high, resulting in a hard landing, as I also failed to apply corrective throttle to arrest the inevitable sink rate.... So, the plane settled with a loud squeak on the mains, and came rather quickly down on the nosewheel.... A slight bounce also occured....not a pretty landing obviously... Anyway, I am writing this to ask if theres anything in particular that I should look for as warnings that something might have been damaged with the landing gear. The plan is a '68 Arrow, and as far as I could see it looked fine parked. I notice the nosewheel strut was a bit lower than normal (probably from the abrupt lowering on touchdown) but I lifted it up manually, and it stayed the way it normally is. So, what should I check for in the main and nose landing gear after a non greaser like this? Thanks, and pleas no "you should have done this or that" as I already know most of what I did wrong...:-) Blushing regards, Frode |
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