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Old 28th May 2013, 02:45
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shumway76
 
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"Sliding" on touchdown

Experienced on a C172:

Wind was calm on approach.
On touchdown at centerline, aircraft started to drift to the right (possibly wind from the left).
Corrected by left rudder (which also includes nose wheel steering).
Aircraft nose pointed to the left, but aircraft continues to drift to the right, and left main gear & left wing started to lift!
Corrected with left roll on the ailerons, but by this time approaching very close to the side of the runway, so selected full power & lifted off again since I still had sufficient speed for a "touch & go".

What did I do wrong? Why did the aircraft continue to drift with the wind even after I pointed the nose into wind when on the ground?
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