Amateur/Home Built/Experimental
Flight Crew Private
Flight Crew Last 90 Days 30; Flight Crew Total 600; Flight Crew Type 80
Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical; Ground Excursion Runway
Aircraft Aircraft Damaged
Aircraft
Upon landing; the left main gear failed causing plane to skid off the side of the runway. No fuselage damage outside the main gear. It is unclear what caused the gear failure. When the plane skidded into the grass; the right gear also broke. There was no prior indication of a problem with the gear. The landing was in a light wind condition. There was nothing unusual about the landing and I don't know what could have been done differently.
Experimental aircraft pilot experiences a left main gear failure upon landing. As the aircraft departs the runway the right gear fails.