Troy Hamon
Registered User
King Salmon, AK
And that’s a guy who’s setting himself up for....what? It becomes a “nothing call” on wheels, and if you play that game sooner or later, you’ll get them mixed up.
Discipline, not rote. Geeez!
MTV
I rarely find myself disagreeing with MTV, but I will disagree on this one. I fly multiple airframes in multiple configurations. It was drilled into me to specifically verify the gear type and condition and the landing surface that it applies to on every single landing. Just because the airplane isn't set up for multiple surfaces doesn't mean a critical landing surface error can't happen. A couple years ago a gentleman landed in the water at Soldotna with wheels installed. He was going to Soldotna and the airplane was to have floats installed and then that was the lake he would have operated off of.
I agree that it needs to be deliberate, not rote, but I encourage pilots to apply a thoughtful examination of the gear and surface as part of the GUMPS process or whatever other pre-landing checklist is in use.