Originally Posted by
meleagertoo
I've never flown an amphib either though I'd love to but I simply can't understand how pre-landing checks dont always include the one and only line that must never be omitted, even if you forget all the rest.
To check wheel position vs. landing surface.
Or do people even fly amphibs without bothering with checklists?
It's so effing basic! This is simply Darwinism in action!
Well, you say that... but aviation is littered with many an event in which competent flight crew somehow missed a checklist item.. some more important than others. The other contributors to this thread have described numerous plausible potential explanations which suggest that there's plenty to trip up a pilot following their checklist.