Originally Posted by
Hammer0425
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.
Hmm interesting. I am trying to think back to the times I was on planes during hard landings. I guess it all happens so quick so that if/when there is a bounce I never noticed or at least couldn't tell how high the plane came off the ground and for how long. So thinking that after a second bounce the plane is able to take off just hard trying to picture it in my head. In any case good to hear that everything worked out okay in the end and hopefully this pilot can learn from his mistake.