Service difficulty report · Leg Assy · Let L13BLANIK

Difficulty date
March 1, 2003
Submitted
March 28, 2003
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N244PT
Make and model
Let L13BLANIK
Aircraft serial
026355
Part
Leg Assy
Condition
Broken
Location
Mlg
Part time
1,500 hours
Stage of operation
NR
How discovered
9
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
O

As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.

What was found

LEG THAT HOLDS MLG FORK ASSEMBLY. HAD STRAIGHT BREAK. APPEARS TO BE FATIGUE FAILURE. MAY HAVE BEEN CAUSED BY TAKING OFF FROM GRASS AT ANGLE TO PAVED RUNWAY AND CONSTANT HITTING OF 2-3 INCHES NEWLY PAVED RUNWAY. RECOMMEND TAKING OFF ON PAVED RUNWAY, HAND PULL GLIDER OVER BUMP.

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