Approach And Landing; Approach And 4.43 Go-Around - Piper SENECA III Pilot's Information Manual

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