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Old 15th August 2002 | 22:07
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tacpot
 
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There's another one in August's reports :
http://www.aaib.dft.gov.uk/bulletin/aug02/gbptu.htm

After reading this report. I think the corrective action made during the bounce was wrong. To my mind (and you have to bear in mind that I am a low hours pilot), in the situation described the student as caused the accident by actively doing something to put the nose wheel back on the ground. My instinct would be to pull back (or at least maintain my back pressure) on the control column and let the aircraft settle back on the runway with the nosewheel held off.

(Please understand that I'm not being critical of the student)

So I'm beginning to think that another part of the problem is reinforcing in the student's mind the need to maintain the correct landing attitude when very close to the ground. It sounds obvious but it obviously isn't getting set into student's minds quickly enough to prevent these nose gear collapses.

Chuck's idea about moving the point of focus from the far distance to the near distance is certainly a cause of landing problems, as you can't judge your height off the ground when looking at the far end of the runway. From my own training I can remember the difficulty in making this shift of viewpoint.

I suspect Chuck's analysis is true for Pilots who wheelbarrow the aircraft onto the ground without ever landing on the mains, and mine is true for Pilots who land and then land again, breaking the nose gear on the second attempt. I think there is a link between the height estimation problem and the landing attitude judgement that causes additional accidents on top of those caused by each factor seperately. A complicated problem.
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