Handbook of Case Histories in Failure Analysis
Failed Missile Launcher Detent Spring
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Published:1993
Abstract
A missile detached from a Navy fighter jet during a routine landing on an aircraft carrier deck because of a faulty missile launcher detent spring. Visual inspection of Inconel 718 detent spring assembly revealed that four of the nine spring leafs comprising the assembly were plastically deformed while two of the deformed leafs did not meet minimal hardness or tensile requirements. Liquid penetrant testing revealed no cracks or other surface discontinuities on the leaf springs. Material sectioned from the soft spring leafs was heat-treated according to specifications in the laboratory. The resultant increase in mechanical properties of the re-heat-treated...
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Member Sign InGary Wechsler, Victor K. Champagne, Marc Pepi, Failed Missile Launcher Detent Spring, Handbook of Case Histories in Failure Analysis, Vol 2, Edited By Khlefa A. Esaklul, ASM International, 1993, p 455–458, https://doi.org/10.31399/asm.fach.v02.c9001268
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