Originally Posted by
double_barrel
Interesting, obviously a terminology difference here. I thought PFL meant an actual landing on a runway as opposed to a practice approach out in the countryside but with an overshoot. I have done dozens of the latter and they usually go OK, the problem is that you never really know how it would have turned-out!
In NZ we have specified locations called Low Flying Zones where you are allowed to legally fly below 500' AGL but only as part of dual instruction training flight and with a qualified instructor who is familiar with the zone. I got to do some practice forced approaches down to 5 feet AGL before overshooting. It certainly answered the 'would we have made it?' questions.
Although I've never had to do one for real, I'd prefer landing in the right spot a little too fast over undershooting and hitting something.