Heavy Landing
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Originally Posted by Re-entry
Was box office witness to A340 bounce today. After said gravitational challenge event, it pitched down violently to the point it was going to become a wheelbarrow , whereupon it pitched up again and landed. I wonder how much pitch action was pilot induced, how much 'what's it doing now?'.
Maybe this pilot tried that but overcooked the pitch down?
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... or maybe the other pilot thought he was going to hit the nose gear hard when the nose pitched down and pulled his stick back to the accompaniment of 'Priority Right', 'Priority Left', 'Priority Right', etc.! 
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Originally Posted by Re-entry
Was box office witness to A340 bounce today. After said gravitational challenge event, it pitched down violently to the point it was going to become a wheelbarrow , whereupon it pitched up again and landed. I wonder how much pitch action was pilot induced, how much 'what's it doing now?'.
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LEARNING THE HARD WAY
Just yesterday on approach to GCXO, runway 30 in use. Encountered sudden drop of airspeed at 150 ft, autothrust engaged, managed speed. Wind from the West, gusting to 20 kts, clear skies. Increased manual N1, spool up time just delivering when mains slammed unto the tarmac on the 900 ft marker, bounced about ten feet I reckon, plenty of runway, expletives and more, managed to stay on centerline, reversers,exiting on C2 red faced but appreciative of another mega lesson learnt landing a big jet, A 330/300 at Tenerife North.
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Just yesterday on approach to GCXO, runway 30 in use. Encountered sudden drop of airspeed at 150 ft, autothrust engaged, managed speed. Wind from the West, gusting to 20 kts, clear skies. Increased manual N1, spool up time just delivering when mains slammed unto the tarmac on the 900 ft marker, bounced about ten feet I reckon, plenty of runway, expletives and more, managed to stay on centerline, reversers,exiting on C2 red faced but appreciative of another mega lesson learnt landing a big jet, A 330/300 at Tenerife North.
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Not familiar with a "cabin not secure for landing". Always thought they were securely attached! Has any one ever lost one during a landing considering they do follow behind fairly closely.!
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Originally Posted by jondc9
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I also know of one case in which the loading was not accuratley computed and the plane landed at 20 knots below the correct Vref speed. The landing gear punched a hole in the wing....
I also know of one case in which the loading was not accuratley computed and the plane landed at 20 knots below the correct Vref speed. The landing gear punched a hole in the wing....
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Ummm, but with most reputable airlines, that decision is made at 1000 feet AGL. If the cabin is not ready then, the aircraft goes-around from that point.
In this case - from such a low altitude - I would tend to believe that it was something other than the cabin not being ready.
Originally Posted by Doors to Automatic
The go-around was initiated from around 30-40 ft agl and the (rather dubious) explanation given that the cabin wasn't secure for landing!
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Rather dubious? If the cabin is not secure for landing the captain is obliged to go around.
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Rather dubious? If the cabin is not secure for landing the captain is obliged to go around.
Ummm, but with most reputable airlines, that decision is made at 1000 feet AGL. If the cabin is not ready then, the aircraft goes-around from that point.
In this case - from such a low altitude - I would tend to believe that it was something other than the cabin not being ready.
