Reducing flaps on short finals
Hi,
About 9 months ago I was a passenger in a C172 - we were a little high on approach so the pilot, on 20 degrees flap, selected full flaps (30 degrees) on short finals. At about 400 - 500 ft coming in to land the picture of the approach appeared that we would need some more power to take us to the threshold. Instead of adding power the pilot reduced flaps to 20 degrees which flattened the approach and we landed on the keys with no extra input of power.
It was the first time I had seen this technique and wondered if this was acceptable (ie safe) and wondered what might the pitfalls be if this practice is not safe.
Thanks in advance,
Mixturerichlean.
Last edited by mixturerichlean; 25th Apr 2015 at 23:35.