Cessna 172 Crosswind Landing

This is a friend of mine landing a Cessna 172M Skyhawk on runway 3 at the Clinton County Airport (i66). Winds were 090 at 11 gusting to 16.

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Autos & Vehicles

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• Cessna
• 172
• Crosswind
• Landing
• i66
• young
• pilot
• N80802

[ferretmobile2]

holy side load batman..

15 gusting 25 today. full deflection. :D

[aviator06]

yea he was a student pilot at the time and I can tell you now he can make a proper cross wind landing!

[31983march]

when he wind is 15 knots or more i dont use any flaps, lot better that way

[joeywmac]

Even in a crosswind landing you should have a minimum of 20 degrees of flap. Also, although the crab method of landing in a crosswind is effective, it puts undue stress on the gear and over time this can lead to stress fractures and potentially a gear failure. The preferred method in a 172 is to side-slip (wing low into the wind and keep centerline with the rudder). Also, always hold the slip right through the flare onto the ground touching down main, main and then nosewheel.

[Blazingspitfire]

the strut is still intact because?

[210482fmj]

Can you fly a xwind in a constant slipping manouver all the way down

[Twostones00]

Flaps will just complicate a crosswind landing.

[64wing]

@aviator06 lord lets hope so...lol

[chrisklein21]

this landing was no good. where is the crosswind technique? at 100ft or so straighten aircraft with rudder and lower wing into the wind just enough so you don't drift

[malcauskas7]

I love this sound

[64wing]

@aviator06 lol glad to hear it...a prettier airplane will bite you for that kind of stunt!

[sk14825]

The 172 is sure forgiving on landings

[joeywmac]

@fordairport That makes sense. I somewhat misspoke before. In really heavy or gusty crosswinds where flaps are more of a sail than anything else, it makes sense to retract them some or all of the way. But I still don't compromise on the side-slipping to touchdown. The only reason I could think to crab onto the ground would be, maybe, in a particularly heavy crosswind where slipping simply wasn't enough. But if you've planned your flight well then that hopefully shouldn't happen.

[CA477544]

@ferretmobile2 lol wind shear sucks!!!