Originally Posted by
SoCal App
Well I would not agree with that. It is the complacency of thinking that the aircraft is easy to fly that leads to the accident.
I have seen a 172 turning from finals to base, where the aircraft was low, slow and presumably out of trim in a slip as it spun into the ground at about 300 feet.
Had nothing to do with fuel etc, simply the pilot was not totally familiar with the aircraft characteristics. He had very few hours on type.
It is interesting that you make no mention that your instructor advises that you know all the V speeds for that model.
I would be cautious.
Yes that's a good advice of something i should refresh a little bit more, I've got the landing speeds and the emergency speeds set down well, for Va and flap-speeds tough, i rely on the markers on the airspeed indicator, but i'm not too familiar with Vx and Vy for the c172, i always use 80kts when climbing with the cessna