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From: ark@alice.UUCP (Andrew Koenig)
Newsgroups: net.aviation
Subject: Re: When to flap
Message-ID: <3406@alice.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 21-Feb-85 10:22:26 EST
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Posted: Thu Feb 21 10:22:26 1985
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I was once doing night landings at a good-sized controlled airport
when I heard a 172 call in and request a touch-and-go.  Said 172
landed, took off again, then radioed that he had had a flap failure.

That 172 had just lifted off with full flaps and four people on board!

172's with full flaps don't climb too well, but it was a cool night.
The controller cleared the pattern, and the 172 limped around at
about 200 feet AGL and made it back to the runway in one piece.