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Old 25th Oct 2012, 19:50
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There was a T/R preselected bounce incident at TTTE while I was there. IIRC the 2-sticker was doing a wing landing with an inexperienced instructor in the boot. Student had pre-selected T/R way back on the GCA for landing (this cannot be monitored from the back), but at a late stage the leader decided the X-wind was too much and called for a low overshoot. Wingman dropped low on the overshoot and touched down momentarily. T/R engaged with full power selected (definitely not recommended!) and subsequent firm arrival and derotation readjusted nosewheel leg geometry. The instructor could have avoided it by selected T/R to OFF in rear cockpit.
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