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Podcast: General Aviation Videos
Episode: An Unplanned Double Touch-and-Go at Porta Westfalica
Description: As far as I can tell, this C172 approached way too fast, and then flared too high, leading to a bounce. The pilot then initiated a go-around, but made the mistake of retracting the flaps all at once, which lead to another loss of height with a second touchdown. Thanks to the long runway they made it out in one piece, but this is a good example why go-arounds should be practiced.
I'm not familiar with that variant of the C172, is it perhaps like some C150 where the flap switch latches in the "retract" position, so...