Not the page you want your pilot to be on... "Emergency procedures"
As we approached Long Beach Airport in a light plane (Tampico single engine 4-seater) from an aerial shoot, I heard my pilot say "damn", then turn to this page in his manual; the flaps failed to respond. That meant landing without their necessary braking action to stop us before running-off the end of the runway. We did a 'wave-off' while he notified the control tower, circled around and "put 'er down" as close to the start of the runway as possible; that allowed him the extra room so he could let the friction of tires on tarmac aid us in slowing down. It was an interesting landing!
Here's midway in the go-around: www.flickr.com/photos/konabish/5736769733/
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Not the page you want your pilot to be on... "Emergency procedures"
As we approached Long Beach Airport in a light plane (Tampico single engine 4-seater) from an aerial shoot, I heard my pilot say "damn", then turn to this page in his manual; the flaps failed to respond. That meant landing without their necessary braking action to stop us before running-off the end of the runway. We did a 'wave-off' while he notified the control tower, circled around and "put 'er down" as close to the start of the runway as possible; that allowed him the extra room so he could let the friction of tires on tarmac aid us in slowing down. It was an interesting landing!
Here's midway in the go-around: www.flickr.com/photos/konabish/5736769733/
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