Originally Posted by
greendx
So what exactly causes bounces during landing? Is it just not slowing the plane down enough or something?
Also I've been up for almost 2 days so maybe I'm just not following. Are you saying after the 2 hard bounces the plane had to take off again and then attempt the second landing, is that what you mean by having to go around? I fly more than an average person but not as much as a lot of the FTers here but I know if that was to happen on my flight it would scare the $#%&*#% out of me.
Different things can cause a bounced landing but tonight, it was a case of getting too slow during the flare to landing. Instead of letting the plane fly to the runway at target speed, the plane got too slow before that and fell to the runway. First bounce, you need to add a little power to recover or the next bounce will be harder and bounce higher, and so on until you potentially cause some damage. And yes, after the second bounce, full power, take off again, and get vectored for another approach. Scary and very infrequent but it does happen.