WD-1201 Nose Gear Leg Replacement Program Published
Flyer/builder/owners of Van's thrifty little RV-12 have a Service Bulletin to look over. Van's noted that, "An RV-12 training aircraft with more than 1700 hours of accumulated flight time recently experienced a nose gear fatigue failure. This is the only reported instance; no other fatigue-related nose gear failures have been reported. The failure occurred in the nose gear leg at the point where the leg tube meets the lower attachment bracket, and was caused by a fatigue crack that propagated across the tube. The crack occurred at a location that is not visually inspectable. It is, therefore, strongly recommended that owners of RV-12/RV-12iS aircraft with the original style nose gear leg (WD-1201
Even when you think the weather is going to cooperate, you need to keep an eye out for the occasional fits that Mother nature likes to throw at you. A Powered Trike student pilot, flying N805M, found that out the hard way... though, thankfully, all will eventually be well with both aircraft and pilot. The trike got crunched pretty well, but the pilot had minor injuries.
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