ARROW II
CAUTION
This will increase your rate of descent, so be sure you have
adequate altitude. Excess altitude may be lost by widening your
pattern, using flaps or slipping, or a combination of these.
Whether to attempt a landing with gear up or down depends on many factors. If the field
chosen is obviously smooth and firm, and long enough to bring the plane to a stop, the gear
should be down. If there are stumps or rocks or other large obstacles in the field, the gear in the
down position
will
better protect the occupants of the aircraft. If, however, the field is
suspected to be excessively soft or short, or when landing in water of any depth, a wheels-up
landing
will
nonnally be safer and do less damage to the airplane.
Don't forget that at airspeeds below approximately 105
MPH IAS
the
gear
will free fall,
and will take six to eight seconds to be down and locked.
If
a gear up landing is desired, it will
be necessary to latch the override lever in the up position before airspeed drops to 1 15 mph to
prevent landing gear from inadvertently free falling.
Touchdown should normally be made at the lowest possible airspeed.
GEAR DOWN LANDING
4-4
For a gear down landing, proceed as follows when committed to landing:
1 . Close throttle and shut off the master and ignition switches
2.
Flaps as desired
3. Turn the fuel selector valve to off
4.
Mixture - Idle cut-off
5. Tighten seat belt (and shoulder harness, if available)
6. Touchdown at lowest possible airspeed
NOTE
Automatic gear mechanism will extend the gear below
approximately 105
MPH IAS
with power off. Be prepared to
latch the emergency override lever UP before airspeed drops to
115 mph to prevent landing gear from inadvertently free falling,
unless gear extension is desired.
NOTE
ing gear
cannot be retracted.
EMERGENCY PROCEDURES
ISSUED: November IS, 1971
REVISED: March 30, 1973
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