[Mahesh]

Yeap, that was porpoising alright.

It happened to me too. I was flying into an unfamiliar airport (York, PA) which had a displaced threshold. It was gusty so I kept some extra speed in. Well when I reached my touchdown point, I was too fast. Instead of being patient, I forced it down. Big mistake. I bounced once pretty high. This was my second chance to go around but I tried ot save it. So then the porposiing started and by the time I had it under control, I was near the left edge of the runway!

I was so freaked out I had a mechanic check out the nose strut. I was afraid I damaged the wheel bearing or the shock itself. He didn't see anything wrong with it. When I got back home, I told the flight school what happened and that I would pay for any fixes if there were any. They said never mind, these things happen.

However, a couple of weeks later I flew the same plane and saw in the maintenance log that the wheel bearings had been replaced. I hope it wasn't me!!

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Mahesh