Service Difficulty Reports detail various landing gear issues across multiple aircraft models, including Beechcraft, Boeing-Stearman, Cessna, Diamond, and Piper. Common problems involve structural ...

Landing gear is far more than just wheels under a plane—it’s a complex system engineered to support massive weight, absorb brutal landing forces, and keep operations safe. From oleo-pneumatic shock ...

A viral video of a Cathay Pacific Airbus A350-1000’s firm landing at London Heathrow has sparked debate, but experts say the jet’s landing gear is designed for such impacts. The aircraft’s ...

The author's homebuilt aircraft developed a mysterious symptom where one main landing gear strut appeared to "collapse" after landing, causing the wing to slump, only to slowly re-extend while taxiing ...

In Part 1, we discussed properly checking windshield seals and nosewheel shimmy. Do your struts need servicing? When a business jet’s nose is lowered to the runway on landing, it is important that the ...

To understand how a commercial jet's suspension works, it helps to first imagine a jet without suspension. The first aircraft landing gear systems were indeed that way. Engineers essentially welded ...