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Old 21st Dec 2022, 11:02
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blakmax
 
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I think the prize goes to the RNZAF crew on a pre-flight walk around who noticed a strange silver mark on the MRB that turned out to be a crack that extended almost totally through the D spar and also much of the skin structure of the MRB at the attachment pin location. The cause was identified as disbonding of the MRB grip pad, leading to all the load being transferred by by-pass loads at the pin, which initiated cracking.

These guys were prob ably one flight away from disaster.

Merry Christmas

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