Originally Posted by
OnePerRev
Concentric,
I had not noticed the distortion on the suspension bar fitting eye, I would concur that it was overloaded at time of failure. It is of course possible that a fatigue started there prior to final overload, but we probably would have heard about that already from AIBN.
I would say it is highly unlikely there was any fatigue crack in the suspension bar fitting eye. Both sides have failed at the same place and there is no distortion suggestive of one side failing appreciably earlier. The ductile nature of this material is evident on both sides.
Last edited by Concentric; 11th Jun 2016 at 10:58.
Reason: terminology