Although it requires a little more than one minute to find the service
bulletin (these darn new fangled web sites...)

Anew owner (uh, maybe even a prospective owner) should seek this info
out.  Uh, from "cracks rusted...", one is led to believe pre-purchase or
pre flight inspections were inadequate.  Maybe the seller should have been
aware of this. 

 

Geeeze, it is an experimental airplane and perhaps those that buy but don't
build still haven't got it yet -- she ain't no stink'n
piper/cessna/.......

 

Perhaps Lancair can send a packet of SB's to those that registers a
purchase with them, eh?

 

Grayhawk

 

 

I
received this series of emails from the Sport Air Racing League concerning a
problem one of the Legacy pilots had recently. I thought some on the LML might
be interested.

 

Lynn

 

Subject: Fwd:
[SARL-Racers] Lancair Gear Inspection

 

Here's a bit more......

Linda

Begin forwarded
message:

From: "Alan Crawford"

Date: March 25, 2012 11:36:18 AM CDT
>
Subject:
Re: [SARL-Racers] Lancair Gear
Inspection

Ernie .... I
AM a registered owner and I EXPECT MORE from Lancair ..... I talked to
Lancair at length Friday and they have done nothing to alert the owners.
When I HAD TO PAY LANCAIR to register as an owner (what good was
that???) ... They took my $$$$ MONEY, name, email and physical
address from this process. In other words they have me and all registered
owners in a data base ... THIS IS OBVIOUSLY A SERIOUS PROBLEM (see
picture)... It would have been nothing to send an email out on
this OR any problem .... I can tell you Glasair does this when there is
a problem and does an excellent process of keeping their owners
informed.  I have talked to several other Legacy owners since
Friday and they only found out about it through word of
mouth!!!!! One person landed and a person walked up to him and asked
him if he had fixed his yet??? ... that was the first he had heard
about this problem ..... This is PURE BS!!!!

 

I have a
Baron, two Cessna's and a Piper PA11 ... anytime there is a problem, Alert,
or Service Bulletin .... I get an email followed by a "Hard Copy" in
the mail to insure everyone is aware of the problem ...

 

I will
continue my conversation with Lancair Monday with higher ups and hope
to convince them to fix this communication problem they seem to have .... In
the words of another Legacy owner I contacted .... "I don't feel the Love
from Lancair right now!!!" .....

 

Ernie, looking
forward to flying with you and getting ready for Rookie School this spring
... I have downloaded the application and will be sending it in this week
.... hope you have time in the next couple of months to do some flying
...

 

Blue Skies ...
Alan .. Race 2

www.hillcountry150.com

 

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----- Original
Message -----

From: ernestsutter [at] sbcglobal.net (Erne Sutter)

To: alan [at] tstar.net" href="mailto:alan [at] tstar.net" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Alan R.
Crawford ; Chairman [at] sportairrace.org (Mike Thompson)

Sent: Saturday,
March 24, 2012 1:44 PM

Subject: Fwd:
[SARL-Racers] Lancair Gear Inspection

 

Just as a forward note... All Lancair owners should be
registered with Lancair. This will ensure that they are aware of all
necessary maintenance issues.... This  has been out for a while. It
requires modification or good inspections.  
Ernie

Sent from my iPhone

Begin forwarded
message:

From: Linda
Street-Ely <
Date: March 23, 2012 12:49:11 PM
MDT
To: ernestsutter
Subject: Fwd: [SARL-Racers]
Lancair Gear Inspection

Ernie, FYI.....
see below

 

Linda
Street-Ely

-----Original
Message-----
From: AnnElise Bennett
To: SARL-Racers <SARL-Racers [at] yahoogroups.com

>
Sent:
Fri, Mar 23, 2012 12:51 pm
Subject: [SARL-Racers] Lancair Gear
Inspection

Good
morning folks.  Alan Crawford, Race 2, landed at KTRL today, and
his main landing gear "broke".  Fortunately it failed in the
gear-down position, and he and the bird are okay.  However...the
part that broke is where the actuator connects onto the airplane. 
It appeared to have been cracking over time, as there was rust at the
beginning of the crack, and inspection revealed cracks on the other side
as well.  SO...any of you folks with Lancairs, or friends with
Lancairs, (don't know if it's a Lancair thing in general, or a Legacy
thing) need to give that area of your landing gear a very good
look.  I'm sure Alan will be able to provide more details later,
but we wanted to bring this to everyone's attention a.s.a.p....

--
AnnElise Bennett

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