Bounced Landing

Question 1

What is a bounced landing?

Answer 1

When both main gears contact the ground, then leave the ground prior to landing.

Question 2

What is the recovery for a bounced landing?

Answer 2

Hold / re-establish the normal landing attitude.

Add a little thrust to control rate of descent.

DO NOT CLOSE THRUST LEVERS TO IDLE -> COULD RESULT IN SPEEDBRAKES DEPLOYING

Question 3

Why should thrust levers not be reduced to idle?

Answer 3

Will deploy speedbrakes.

Effect of deploying speedbrakes will be pitch up motion, lift lost, leading to a hard landing or tail strike.

Question 4

What are the actions if speedbrake deploys during a bounced landing?

Answer 4

Execute a go around.

Do not save the landing.

Question 5

What are the actions for a balked landing?

Answer 5

Advance thrust levers to go around thrust.

Verify speedbrakes are retracted.

Maintain landing flaps config, rotate to 15º pitch attitude, no less than VREF.

Once airborne, execute normal go-around procedure.

Question 6

What is the effect of selecting go-around flaps during a balked landing?

Answer 6

• Decrease in lift, resulting in increased takeoff distance.
• However, if it is a long runway and sufficient distance exists to complete with the go-around flap setting, can select it.