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Posted by: Luig Oct 8 2013, 07:23 AM

Civil Airworthiness Certification Former Military High Performance Aircraft
AIR-230 Airworthiness Certification Branch
Federal Aviation Administration Washington, D.C.
September 19, 2013

http://www.faa.gov/aircraft/air_cert/airworthiness_certification/former_military/media/FormerMilitaryJetsResearchReport.pdf (55Mb)

Photo from this many paged pdf shows a Hunter T75 after a landing gear accident in Australia at some earlier time. Too much info for me to read in one minute for sure....

Posted by: Luig Oct 8 2013, 07:32 AM

There are many GRIM accident photos in the PDF above. Here is one example of an A-4B castoring nosewheel (amongst other things).

Posted by: Luig Oct 8 2013, 11:12 AM

From the trusted source 'skyhawkstudygroup' on YAHOO.com here is the news about the above A-4B:

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"This was a hard landing that resulted in the loss of the right main landing gear wheel. The subsequent bolter was pretty iffy (down below deck edge). The barricade was rigged but the pendants remained raised, so on the touchdown prior to reaching the barricade, the stub of the strut caught a wire and slewed the airplane so the barricade engagement was pretty ugly. However, all's well that ends well."