Hey Greg, sad to say but I had an incident just about a month ago. I’m actually in my hangar now with recovery services as they prepare to take my baby away. Long story, but basically lost power on short final, 200 feet off the ground. Made it to the runway, just over the numbers and the gust went away at about 8 feet above the concrete and came down hard. Side loaded a bit, went about 75 feet and lost my left gear. Ended up in the weeds. Me and my passenger were fine.
So sorry to hear, Marty. Hope you can get it all fixed up for you but more importantly glad you and your pax were ok. Stuff happens but I hope you get back up soon. -Greg
Looked fine to me :) I understand why go around is taught but if it's a crutch for lack of understanding landing dynamics then they start to do stuff like this. A student pilot died not long ago doing a too steep go around. to the extent that a simulator gets the landing dynamics right (and MSFS is a bit garbage) I'd say train until you don't need go arounds. In other words go around should not be a go to. You should basically never need to go around. If the brakes stick and it turns, don't make it worse by applying power. Flying is not a contact sport.
@@HiddenWindshield aren't we all :) the problem with your premise is that both this video and the recent case where the student pilot died show that go around is a crutch for those with little skill and does not keep them safe. Indeed they crashed hard because of reaching for a go around. Hence why I'm obviously right. The teaching premise is that a go around is the safe option. And that's not always the case. Indeed only when a go around is chosen by a proficient pilot is when it should be used, like intense wind gust. If you are coming in too high, too fast, too much at an angle, maybe it's simulator time instead of rolling the dice with a real plane. The runway wasn't moving, it wasn't trying to trick you, if you still missed you need better skills. Practicing poor skills with a real plane can be costly. And simulators are free. A 300$ laptop can run it adequately.
