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Soft / Rough Field Landing
47. A soft / rough field landing is used when operating from grass, dirt, or gravel strips. The
objective is to minimize the potential for damage to the nose gear and main landing gear by
achieving a soft touchdown at slow airspeed with the nose gear touchdown being delayed. A
soft / rough field landing is accomplished as follows:
a. establish a final approach with 35º flaps and IAS of 70 MPH;
b. as the aircraft is flared for landing, smoothly reduce power. A small amount of
power should be retained to assist in achieving a nose up attitude at touchdown;
c. smoothly increase backpressure on the yoke to hold off the landing, establish a
nose high landing attitude;
d. touch down on the main landing gear at the slowest possible airspeed;
e. after touchdown, hold the yoke aft, slowly reduce power to idle, and raise flaps;
and
f. use only minimum required braking. If safe to do so, delay the use of brakes until
ground speed is as slow as possible.
Landing flat or prematurely lowering the nose after
landing on a soft or rough surface may result in
damage to the nose landing gear or supporting
structure.
48. When landing in a strong crosswind, use the minimum flap setting required for the field
type / length. The wing-low method of crosswind compensation gives the best aircraft control.
The aircraft has a demonstrated crosswind limit of 15 knots, and can be landed under such
conditions without undue difficulty by a pilot with average ability.
49. Landings are normally conducted with flaps selected to either 20º or 35º. Landings
without flaps can be safely accomplished, but will require a slightly longer landing area due to
the higher approach speed of 80-90 MPH IAS and a pronounced floating tendency.
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