What happened
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Check out for new owner. Allowed 192 to veer to rwy edge. CFI corrected with hard oppsite braking. Left gear broke. (.4)during the landing roll, when the dual student allowed the tailwheel aircraft to drift too close to the right side of the runway, the instructor applied left rudder and left brake. As he took this corrective action, the left main gear leg fractured and separated from the aircraft. NTSB examination of the fracture surface revealed that two fatigue cracks had initiated in corrosion pits created where the gear leg rubbed against the gear leg clamping system. The two cracks eventually combined to become one, and when loads were applied during the landing roll, an overstress separation stemming from the fatigue fracture region occurred. (-23)left main landing gear snapped during landing roll-out at Bend, OR.
As the FAA filed it
CHECK OUT FOR NEW OWNER. ALLOWED 192 TO VEER TO RWY EDGE. CFI CORRECTED WITH HARD OPPSITE BRAKING. LEFT GEAR BROKE. (.4)DURING THE LANDING ROLL, WHEN THE DUAL STUDENT ALLOWED THE TAILWHEEL AIRCRAFT TO DRIFT TOO CLOSE TO THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY, THE INSTRUCTOR APPLIED LEFT RUDDER AND LEFT BRAKE. AS HE TOOK THIS CORRECTIVE ACTION, THE LEFT MAIN GEAR LEG FRACTURED AND SEPARATED FROM THE AIRCRAFT. NTSB EXAMINATION OF THE FRACTURE SURFACE REVEALED THAT TWO FATIGUE CRACKS HAD INITIATED IN CORROSION PITS CREATED WHERE THE GEAR LEG RUBBED AGAINST THE GEAR LEG CLAMPING SYSTEM. THE TWO CRACKS EVENTUALLY COMBINED TO BECOME ONE, AND WHEN LOADS WERE APPLIED DURING THE LANDING ROLL, AN OVERSTRESS SEPARATION STEMMING FROM THE FATIGUE FRACTURE REGION OCCURRED. (-23)LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR SNAPPED DURING LANDING ROLL-OUT AT BEND, OR.
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