Another Cirrus Down

"Darkwing" theducksmail"AT"yahoo.com wrote in message
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So here I am getting ready to flare, power out, so I come level about a
foot or two off the runway, hold a nose high attitude and just wait on the
mains to touch and I'm still waiting and it's sinking and I'm STILL
WAITING and it's still SINKING and I'm STILL waiting then I think OH ****
I'M TO HIGH! BAM! The bottom fell out and I SLAMMED that 172 into the
runway. How I didn't crash it I don't know. I must of been 4-6 feet off
the runway, not 1-2. I promptly got my instructor in the plane and
relearned how to visualize night landings.

Glad nothing broke!

Apart from visualizing, it's very handy to develop the reflex of applying
power as soon as you start to feel the bottom drop out. That saved me once
in a similar situation. Immediately after applying power, I was prepared to
go around, but instead I found myself touching down gently, so I just cut
the power and accepted the landing.

--Gary