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substantial damage to the engine firewall and fuselage floor structure.” A similar event occurred on June 21, 2010, in Maryland Heights, Missouri. “The pilot reported that he was practicing takeoffs and landings and that the first two landings were normal. On the third landing the airplane landed hard and bounced, so the pilot performed a go-around. The subsequent landing was good, but the pilot noticed a shimmy in the nosewheel. Post-accident inspection of the airplane revealed that the nosewheel bearing and firewall were damaged.” Here are two ways any pilot can observe the herein proclaimed “Don’t Bounce the Landing” month. First, practice extensively in the traffic pattern. Use the recommended landing configuration, but also throw in a healthy number of no-flap landings and learn the different visual aspect. Crosswind landings are an exception to the rule that the mains will touch down together—but they should both still be on the ground before the nosewheel touches, or you could be in for a troubling rollout. Windy days require extra airspeed for control effectiveness down low, so you may not touch down in a fully stalled attitude. But the same skill controlling descent rate and airspeed will allow you to choose exactly how much extra airspeed you will carry at touchdown (and it won’t be very much). The second way to observe the occasion is to take on a conceptual challenge. Can you explain the concepts of a proper landing sequence to a second party? Sit your instructor down, or corral another pilot in the coffee shop, and talk your way through. Visualize and explain the final approach, roundout, flare, and touchdown. Don’t end the narrative until the imaginary yoke is full back and the nosewheel gently settles onto the ground. Make June the month when you ask yourself how you plan to avoid bounced landings. Then pursue the goal all year.
Dan Namowitz is an aviation writer and flight instructor. A pilot since 1985 and an instructor since 1990, he resides in Maine.

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