2025 STARTS OFF WITH A BANG... (PA-36-285)

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2025 STARTS OFF WITH A BANG... (PA-36-285)

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Our first (recorded) accident for the year- Gear failure on landing
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Re: 2025 STARTS OFF WITH A BANG...

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Funflier wrote: Wed Jan 01, 2025 6:47 pm Our first (recorded) accident for the year- Gear failure on landing
Why did the gear fail?
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Re: 2025 STARTS OFF WITH A BANG...

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....my guess would be stub axle broke off?
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Re: 2025 STARTS OFF WITH A BANG...

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The wheel seems to still be attached to part of the leg, so more likely that the gear leg broke off? Probably reached the limit of flexes it could take, or it might have developed a minute fracture or crack which spread, over time.
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Re: 2025 STARTS OFF WITH A BANG...

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Having seen some other photos of this aeroplane the top of the fuselage and windscreen are intact.
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Re: 2025 STARTS OFF WITH A BANG...

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From a witness, they saw the landing gear break. Apparently happened in the Sundays River Valley yesterday morning.
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When researching this aeroplane using its registration letters ZS-LUG it comes up as a Cessna 210.
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A LUG nut broke…….sorry, couldn’t help myself. I’ll find the door on my way out……
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Mike Wissing wrote: Fri Jan 03, 2025 3:33 am A LUG nut broke…….sorry, couldn’t help myself. I’ll find the door on my way out……
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Re: 2025 STARTS OFF WITH A BANG... (PA-36-285)

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JCA wrote: Thu Jan 02, 2025 10:23 pm When researching this aeroplane using its registration letters ZS-LUG it comes up as a Cessna 210.
ZS-LUG registered as a PA-36-285 in September 2022 (ex N550TP).
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Volo wrote: Fri Jan 03, 2025 8:17 am
Mike Wissing wrote: Fri Jan 03, 2025 3:33 am A LUG nut broke…….sorry, couldn’t help myself. I’ll find the door on my way out……
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Mike - My turn - I can't help myself - Why do you guys call a BOLT a LUG ? or even worse a LUG NUT [-(
“We” do not call just any bolt a lug nut!
A lug nut is a fastener that secures a wheel to a vehicle's axle by screwing onto the wheel's hub and threaded wheel studs.
Also, it was a play on words….ZS-LUG. I bet the drivers who flew her called her lug nut! 😂
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Re: 2025 STARTS OFF WITH A BANG... (PA-36-285)

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Mike Wissing wrote: Sat Jan 04, 2025 12:21 pm
Volo wrote: Fri Jan 03, 2025 8:17 am
Mike Wissing wrote: Fri Jan 03, 2025 3:33 am A LUG nut broke…….sorry, couldn’t help myself. I’ll find the door on my way out……
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Mike - My turn - I can't help myself - Why do you guys call a BOLT a LUG ? or even worse a LUG NUT [-(
“We” do not call just any bolt a lug nut!
A lug nut is a fastener that secures a wheel to a vehicle's axle by screwing onto the wheel's hub and threaded wheel studs.
Also, it was a play on words….ZS-LUG. I bet the drivers who flew her called her lug nut! 😂
They may now have added a suitable adjective.......
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Re: 2025 STARTS OFF WITH A BANG... (PA-36-285)

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JCA wrote: Sat Jan 04, 2025 6:53 pm
Mike Wissing wrote: Sat Jan 04, 2025 12:21 pm
Volo wrote: Fri Jan 03, 2025 8:17 am

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Mike - My turn - I can't help myself - Why do you guys call a BOLT a LUG ? or even worse a LUG NUT [-(
“We” do not call just any bolt a lug nut!
A lug nut is a fastener that secures a wheel to a vehicle's axle by screwing onto the wheel's hub and threaded wheel studs.
Also, it was a play on words….ZS-LUG. I bet the drivers who flew her called her lug nut! 😂
They may now have added a suitable adjective.......
Indeed! 😂
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Re: 2025 STARTS OFF WITH A BANG... (PA-36-285)

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Mike Wissing wrote: Sun Jan 05, 2025 10:00 pm
JCA wrote: Sat Jan 04, 2025 6:53 pm
Mike Wissing wrote: Sat Jan 04, 2025 12:21 pm
I suppose it had to be ' lugged ' away from the site
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LUGy pilot to walk away...
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