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Old 9th November 2002 | 01:00
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The only accident in my 24 years of flying was caused by a student raising the gear instead of the flaps on a PA34. The aircraft was a total loss. After that I will not do touch and go landings in high performance aircraft. Every landing is to a full stop with a taxi back and full post landing and pretakeoff checks.
This increases cockpit procedure training and discipline and allows a full check of the health of vital systems before takeoff. For light aircraft I teach a routine of when aircraft is rolling straight and on centerline flaps up,look up, trim adjusted, look up
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