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Old 12th Mar 2008, 15:34
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The exact procedure will be aircraft specific - if there is nothing in your aircraft flight manual about landing on ice, then follow the procedure for landing on contaminated runways or the procedure in the event of hydroplaning on landing.

If still nothing in your flight manual, then presuming that your LDA is non-limitative I suggest you dump the flaps to try give your main landing gear as much grip as possible. I am not talking about grip for braking (I presume you won't even be thinking of touching the brakes!) but for lateral grip. Also, you could try keeping the CG as forward as possible (within the normal CG limits) so as to maximise your directional stability on the landing roll.
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