jahoosafat
Active Member
Hi All - I had a hard (maybe?) landing in my RV-10, and I'm trying to determine what post-event actions I should take. This was a classic case of not thinking through a very short flight where I was full tanks and near max gross weight, and I came in fast on a moderately short runway. That was a recipe for one bounce off the pavement and then she settled down fine. That one bounce though was enough to cause 1) a 2"x3" chunk of fiberglass from the nose wheel fairing to break off; 2) a slow leak of that nose wheel (likely pinched innertube); and 3) the large screw at the center of the outside of the right main fairing to pop out. I think this is Vans part HW LP24693C296, but I'm not entirely sure. I acquired an identical screw, and it screws in but won't fully tighten similar to the one on the left main. I've flown her multiple times since the hard landing without incident. The slow leak in the nose wheel only became apparent this past weekend. I'm at a new field and don't have experience with the mechanic shops here. I spoke to one, and he wants to go to town disassembling the wheels and rebuilding the fairing. Seems like overkill to me, so I wanted to check in with the community to get reactions. Thanks for your thoughts!