Jon Sharp, intrepid team lead for Nemesis, very somberly addressed the pilots' meeting within an hour after his craft's landing incident. He and his wife, Tricia, were obviously quite disheartened; the whole room was sympathetic -- they've all been there. "We had green lights, as usual," Jon said, meaning that his gear indicated "down and locked." "I lowered the tail just a little bit, and I heard a loud 'bang' on the left side." At the time, he didn't know just what kind of problem he had; all he knew was that he had a handful of raceplane, and a problem. "I tried to keep it on the right [keep the weight on the right main gear] as long as I could," he said. "Finally, the left wing went down, and I skidded," turning slowly to the left ... which probably accounts for the right gear's collapse.
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://www.avweb.com/leadnews/as-desert-warms-up-to-throaty-growls