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GEAR COLLAPSE [4 records]

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Record 1 2008-08-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Landing Gear (Aeroindustry)
CONT

The FAA [Federal Aviation Administration] received a report of a fractured wing landing gear trunnion fork assembly. A fractured trunnion fork assembly could result in the collapse of a wing landing gear on the ground and possible damage to hydraulic equipment and the aileron and spoiler control cables.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Atterrisseur (Constructions aéronautiques)
CONT

L'atterrisseur ou train de voilure prévu ici complète [...] l'atterrisseur ou train de fuselage [...] en procurant deux roues supplémentaires, le même agencement se retrouvant naturellement par symétrie de l'autre côté du plan P précité.

OBS

train de voilure : terme uniformisé par le Comité d'uniformisation de la terminologie aéronautique (CUTA) - Maintenance.

PHR

Atterrisseur latéral, relevable de voilure.

PHR

Train latéral de voilure.

PHR

Axe du train de voilure.

Spanish

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Record 2 2008-03-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Landing Gear (Aeroindustry)
  • Air Safety
CONT

The undercarriage assembly comprises a protection mechanism that is actuated in the case of an emergency landing or undercarriage collapse. The mechanism comprises of a bumper assembly connected to struts. In the case of an emergency landing or landing gear collapse, the struts yield enabling the bumper to be deployed. The bumper prevents the undercarriage mechanism from puncturing the aircraft skin.

Key term(s)
  • under-carriage collapse
  • under carriage collapse

French

Domaine(s)
  • Atterrisseur (Constructions aéronautiques)
  • Sécurité (Transport aérien)
CONT

Un vérin hydraulique intérieur et un vérin hydraulique extérieur sont montés sur chacun des trains principaux pour en faciliter la sortie et la rentrée. Pour empêcher l'affaissement du train d'atterrissage, la position du galet du guignol par rapport à l'entaille de la came est critique, et on la détermine en réglant la longueur des tiges des vérins du train.

Spanish

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Record 3 2005-06-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Ground Equipment (Airports)
CONT

Move fuselage dolly into position and secure by inserting pins from inside the cockpit.

CONT

Assembling the glider out of its trailer, it is important to ensure there is enough clearance under the wheel to allow full extension before it touches the ground. Otherwise the strut will not lock over center and the gear will collapse when the glider is taken off the fuselage dolly.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Matériel de piste (Aéroports)
OBS

On écrirait mieux «charriot».

OBS

charriot : Cette graphie, puisée des Rectifications de l'orthographe recommandées par le Conseil supérieur de la langue française, est attestée dans le Petit Robert (2004).

Spanish

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Record 4 2002-12-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • International Bodies and Committees
  • Religious Sects - Various
  • Sociology of Ideologies
OBS

Founded in 1971 by former San Antonio fundamentalist minister James Ellison, The Covenant, the Sword, and the Arm of the Lord(CSA) was a paramilitary survivalist group which operated an Identity-oriented communal settelement near the Arkansas-Missouri border. Under the guise of being a church, the CSA was a violence-prone purveyor of anti-Semitism and racism. The 100 or more inhabitants of the settlement believed American society to be approaching economic collapse, famine, rioting and a "coming war. "They stockpiled arms, food, and wilderness survival gear, and trained in the use of weapons in a mock village called Silhouette City.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités internationaux
  • Cultes divers
  • Sociologie des idéologies

Spanish

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