Dear all,
I had my starboard outrigger leg snap off on landing, about a year ago.
This was at Nairobi (Kenya) Wilson airport, where the plane is based,
and coming in from a 3 hour flight. On touchdown, I realised a problem
as the wing went down, and opened up the throttle, took off again. Then
called the tower, did a low pass, the engineer confirmed that the 'leg
was not there'; the following landing aircraft reported 'debris on the
runway... my outrigger!'. After circling a bit, the engineer lined up
about 15 people along the runway to catch the wing on landing. On
landing, all these guys ran very fast to catch it, but actually the
plane stayed level, as the C of G (with me in pilots seat, no pax) was
within the triangle of the maingear, tailwheel and left hand outrigger.
Inspection showed the starboard outrigger had snapped off right at the
holder, or whatever its is called. I now inspect the outrigger legs at
this point, as part of pre-flight.
Best to all and happy flying.
Richard
Europa classic 5Y-LRY, Nairobi, Rotax 912, warpdrive.
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