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Old 3rd May 2019, 22:52
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Squawk7700
 
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There was at least one pilot witness there and others that saw it that described what happened on the channel 9 news.

As for landing, you effectively don’t flare them as much as other types, just keep driving onto the ground. If you flare when too slow you’ll hit the tail on the ground. They don’t “hang” like a 172/182 which the pilot was used to. It will be interesting to see her total time on type if/when a report comes out.

On final, recommended 80 knots and no less than 78 usually feels safe, with 75 knots the speed to nail over the keys for normal ops on a decent runway. When the speed drops less than that on final it takes a while for the CSU to kick in when you power up so you need to be careful to not let the speed drop off too much.

That is for the SR20.




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