This is a purely academic question - There is no need or reason to run up my landing numbers.
I wanted to land at a local grass field that is short, narrow and has very tall trees on one end of the runway.
I attempted to land 3 times but the wind at the approach end of the runway was very swirly (It does that often this time of year). I touched down all three times but either bounced, didn't like my alignment or thought I was too fast or some combination of these three each time and opted to go around. No big deal. Figuring that discretion was the better part of valor I went to a municipal airport 4 miles away for a bio break before returning to my home airport.
When I got home and was filling out my paper logbook and my Foreflight logbook, I was stumped as to whether or not to count the three bounce-and-goes as landings. I decided on just counting the 2 hard-surface full-stop landings.
What would you folks have done?
What's a landing?
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What's a landing?
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Re: What's a landing?
For meeting passenger currency requirements, a touch-and-go counts as a landing in a tricycle gear aircraft. For conventional gear (taildragger), only full-stop landings count.
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Re: What's a landing?
I get that part. My question is does a bounce-and-go qualify as a touch-and-go?
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Re: What's a landing?
You touched.....and goed, lol.
Re: What's a landing?
I agree with Marshall. If in a tricycle gear, it counts. (The reason I make a distinction between types of landing gear is that, if it's a taildragger, the landing is not completed until the plane is tied down in the chocks, or inside a locked hangar!)
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Re: What's a landing?
If you bounce 3 times you are current - ok just trying to be funny. I agree it does count as a touch and go.
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Re: What's a landing?
It's just that all landings aren't.......well, as smooth at we'd like them to be.
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Re: What's a landing?
Thanks guys!malexander wrote: ↑Mon May 10, 2021 8:18 pm It's just that all landings aren't.......well, as smooth at we'd like them to be.
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Re: What's a landing?
LOL to this entire thread. Even my wife was laughing when I read it to her...
On the serious side, I log 'em in the "total landings" column if the airplane gets below stall speed (weight on the wheels – however briefly, LOL), but keep track separately of "full-stop" landings for "official" tailwheel currency. Foreflight makes that easy.
On the serious side, I log 'em in the "total landings" column if the airplane gets below stall speed (weight on the wheels – however briefly, LOL), but keep track separately of "full-stop" landings for "official" tailwheel currency. Foreflight makes that easy.
Jim Parker
2007 RANS S-6ES (Rotax 912ULS)
Light Sport Repairman - Airplane - Inspection
Farmersville, TX
2007 RANS S-6ES (Rotax 912ULS)
Light Sport Repairman - Airplane - Inspection
Farmersville, TX