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WHEN ADDING POWER, DO IT AS EARLY
IN THE APPROACH AS POSSIBLE.
BASE IS THE PERFECT PLACE.
even remotely as it did during power-on approaches. It will come
down faster and at a much steeper angle. So, if the only time you do
a power-off approach is when the engine has quit, you'll be on a test
flight because you won't have a clue where the airplane actually is
going to go.
BACKED INTO A CORNER. One of the absolute requirements of a
power-on landing of any kind is that the airplane has to enter final far
enough out that it can't make it to the runway without the assistance
of power. To put it another way, if the engine quits while you're setting
up for a power-on landing, every direction is down and you'd better
have your emergency landing spot already picked out.
It's believed that most engine failures happen during a power change,
so, if making a power approach, set it up so the throttle only goes one
direction: back. Enough altitude should be maintained so that, unless
doing a specialty approach-for example, short or soft field-the throttle is being gradually retarded. We don't want to paint ourselves into a
corner by getting too low and needing power that isn't there.

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