Vls is the lowest speed you can select, but that does not prevent you flying slower manually.
However, there is no reason to fly below Vls, and your airline SOPs probably state somewhere that speeds below Vls are not allowed.
I found this from a previous airline’s documentation, (edited):
Handling errors
- Speed close to plus 20
- Flight below VLS/Low energy
In your case, you state that the speed bug was at 140kts, but you got down to 132 kts. That is below the +10/-5 kts speed range that is normally allowed, so I suspect your fail was due to going below Vls and 5kts too slow.
Go-around pitch can be difficult to set in the heat of the moment; make sure you keep scanning and nail the pitch at +15° (or +12.5° on one engine).
Last edited by Uplinker; 17th Dec 2019 at 09:05.