Originally Posted by
Uplinker
To a degree, but well before the flare on an A320, you would have had GPWS mode 4A shouting "TOO LOW GEAR. TOO LOW GEAR" audio, with a RED master warning, AND a bloody great big RED down arrow lighting up next to the gear lever. Or would all of that be inhibited if the gear lever had been put down above 260kts?
I will be fascinated to read the CVR to find out how they got themselves into this situation.
The A320 has a hydraulic lock that engages above 260kts as sensed by ADIRS 1 or 3. If you try and put the gear down nothing will happen until below 260kts. Then the gear will move but will most likely rip the gear doors off. It would be near impossible to flare at 260kts and not balloon to 2000ft at the same time. The gear must have been selected up at some point very close to the ground.