"Frode Berg" wrote in message
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Hi!

I had a rather embarrassing hard landing yesterday in a cross wind.
Been years since that happened, most touchdowns have beed silk smooth
(sort of) lately, but yesterday, I somehow managed to flare too high,
resulting in a hard landing, as I also failed to apply corrective throttle
to arrest the inevitable sink rate....
So, the plane settled with a loud squeak on the mains, and came rather
quickly down on the nosewheel....
A slight bounce also occured....not a pretty landing obviously...

Anyway, I am writing this to ask if theres anything in particular that I
should look for as warnings that something might have been damaged with
the landing gear.
The plan is a '68 Arrow, and as far as I could see it looked fine parked.
I notice the nosewheel strut was a bit lower than normal (probably from
the abrupt lowering on touchdown) but I lifted it up manually, and it
stayed the way it normally is.

So, what should I check for in the main and nose landing gear after a non
greaser like this?

Thanks, and pleas no "you should have done this or that" as I already know
most of what I did wrong...:-)

Blushing regards,

Frode

If the heavy touchdown has you really concerned you should have it jacked
and a couple of retractions carried out.

Ric