Piper SENECA III - Approach and Landing; Approach and 4.43 Go-Around

SECTION
4
PIPER
AIRCRAFT
CORPORATION
NORMAL
PROCEDURES
PA-34-220T,
SENECA
III
4Al
APPROACH
AND
LANDING
Sometime
during the
approach
for
a
landing.
the
throttle
controls
should
be
retarded
to
check the
gear
warning
born.
Flying
the
airplane
with
the
horn
inoperative
is
not
advisable.
Doing
so can
lead
to
a gear
up
landing
as
it is
easy
to
forget
the
landing
gear,
especially
when
approaching
for
a
single-engine
landing,
or
when
other equipment
is
inoperative,
or
when
attention
is
drawn
to
events
outside
the
cabin.
'The
red landing
gear
unsafe
light
will
illuminate
when the
landing
gear
is
in
transition
between
the
full
up
position
and the
down
and
locked position.
Additionally,
the
light
will
illuminate
when
the
gear
warning
horn
sounds.
The
gear
warning
horn
will
sound
at
low
throttle
settings
if the
gear
is
not
down
and locked.
The
light
is
off
when
the
landing
gear
is in
either
the
full
down
and
locked
or
full
up
positions
Prior
to
entering the
traffic
pattern,
the
aircraft
should
be
slowed
to
approximately
120
KlAS,
and
this
speed
should
be
maintained
on
the
down-
wind
leg.
The
landing
check
should
be
made
on
the
downwind
leg. The
seat
backs
should
be
erect,
and the
seat
belts
and
shoulder
harnesses
should
be
fastened.
NOTE
If
the
fixed
shoulder
harness
(non-inertia
reel
type)
is installed,
it
must
be
connected
to
the
seat
belt
and
adjusted
to
allow
proper
accessi-
bility
to
all controls,
including
fuel
selectors.
flaps,
trim,
etc.,
while
maintaining
adequate
restraint
for
the
occupant
If
the
inertia
reel
type
shoulder
harness
is
installed,
a
pull
test
of
its
locking
restraint
feature
should
be performed.
Both
fuel
selectors
should
be
ON,
and the cowl
flaps
should
be
set
as
required.
The
auxiliary
fuel
pumps
should
be
OFF. Set
the
mixture
and
propeller
controls.
Select
landing
gear
DOWN
and
check
for
three
green
lights
on
the
panel
and
look
for
the
nose
wheel
in
the
nose
wheel mirror.
The
landing
gear
should
be
lowered
at
speeds
below
130
KIAS
and
the
flaps
at
speeds
as
follows:
10°
(first
notch)
140
KIAS
maximum
25°
(second
notch)
122
KIAS
maximum
40°
(third
notch)
115
KIAS
maximum
REPORT:
VB-Il10
ISSUED:
JANUARY
8,
1981
4-32
REVISED:
AUGUST
17, 1981