Wrench978
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Wrench978
I debated posting this in the Lessons Learned sub forum, but I figured it might be better as a learning aid here. and I don't feel the need to be anonymous with it. I am an 85 hour pp and went up with an instructor to work on some gusty crosswind landings at 7B3 (hampton, NH, 2100' with trees on both ends). I have never been ashamed to perform a go around if I feel like my approach is unsafe, and I had a couple approaches that I ended up too high. Around we went. one landing I came in a bit fast, the gust dropped out in the flare, and I bounced. not hard, but with the excess speed, I bounced pretty high. Go around time! firewall it and pulled up some of my flaps. I was waiting for it to start climbing, but never did. Eventually the instructor told me "Lower the nose." As soon as I did that, we started climbing.
I was mushing along, full power but not climbing. The great thing about making that mistake when I did is that a)I had an instructor there to tell me what I was doing wrong, and b) I will now recognize the condition and I won't make that mistake again!
I was mushing along, full power but not climbing. The great thing about making that mistake when I did is that a)I had an instructor there to tell me what I was doing wrong, and b) I will now recognize the condition and I won't make that mistake again!