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"the plane had dipped below 500 feet, too close to the tarmac for the undercarriage to get safely into place."

That's one slow gear... Or very tall, not sure which he's implying.

Curious if ya'll use a "safety check" procedure in your flying. Required for us on all of our landings, completed prior to 200 ft or it's a go around. Only requires gear, flaps, and clearance. Not an actual "checklist," just part of our operating procedures.
 
Ill call BS on this entire blog/article. I got this person's email if anyone wants to drop them a line ;)
 
MercFE said:
"the plane had dipped below 500 feet, too close to the tarmac for the undercarriage to get safely into place."

That's one slow gear... Or very tall, not sure which he's implying.

Curious if ya'll use a "safety check" procedure in your flying. Required for us on all of our landings, completed prior to 200 ft or it's a go around. Only requires gear, flaps, and clearance. Not an actual "checklist," just part of our operating procedures.
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I do a "career check" at 500', gear & flaps down/cleared to land...works pretty good so far (knock on wood). Only thing that screws it up is if the radar altimeter fails to call 500'...we're like mice, trained to respond to a bell...
 
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