Originally Posted by
Excargodog
Anyone who has ever had a Cessna 172 flap motor go out in full flap configuration (or even just pop a circuit breaker while you are otherwise busy) will tell you they would MUCH rather fly IFR approaches clean until landing is assured than have any possibility whatsoever of having to go missed approach with flaps out.
Ask me how I know...
Especially one of the old 145-150hp broads with 40° of barn door. Hot/high/heavy and it can get a little interesting.
I do find it interesting how the FAA preaches the ‘stabilized below 1000 feet’ bit, but also has ‘forward slip to
landing’ as a testable private pilot maneuver. It’s almost as if they understand that different situations call for different techniques
Anyway, that’s my justification for slipping the nuts off a 172 over the approach lights after flying a 110kt ILS, but I digress. Probably not the best technique for a 141 syllabus
