Landing KingAir 200's

[A.G.Flyer]

Any tips or techniques for landing 200 KingAirs with the 4 bladed props. The three blades are very easy but the 4 blades seem to want to do a lot of yawing as you pull the power back on landing. Any tips from you old pros would be appreciated.

 

[satpak77]

landing the 350

this is ballpark and will vary for weight, airport elevation, headwind, etc, but are a "starting point" to fine tune

assume visual VFR approach for this discussion

40% torque, props forward, approach flaps prior to VASI/"glideslope" intercept...speed about 150 knots

VASI/GS intercept - power to 30% torque, gear down, now you are in a descent, speed about 130 knots

1000 feet AGL on radar altimeter (preference), full flaps, back power to about 20%....speed now with full flaps hanging out is about 110 knots

airspeed will bleed off but don't get all paranoid, it will settle down...should be 100-110 knots....keep the nose down and fly the airplane, speed will take care of itself

(max gross VREF on the 350 is 105)

when the runway numbers (you are on final) physically disappear under the nose, as you travel on final toward the runway, bring power levels SLOWLY to idle. Try to practice it so that the power levels hit the "idle" position as you physically fly over the painted numbers on the runway.

you should be set up pretty good for a VREF over the fence landing this way, with touchdown at/near the 1000 foot mark

flare: DO NOT try to "improve" the landing or "grease it", the King Air will make a great landing every time until the pilot decides he is going to intervene and "improve things". Just flare and let the airplane land. USE TRIM in the flare, you can almost land it with the trim wheel (almost, but you can't, but almost)

again, don't try to intervene and use your Chuck Yeager skills to "grease it on", the King Air "knows" how to grease it on all by itself.....LET IT

again, above is ballpark, fine tune it for your own situation

 

[powerloungn']

too bad he asked about the ka200. the 350 is a little different. turn off the sync, that will cure your problem.

 

[flyinlow67]

Land it with a touch of power. We have a "straight" 200 and it wants to come off the governors at different times. Give's a little "wiggle" just before touchdown. I don't know if the newer ones do this or not. We have 4 blades with all the Raisebeck stuff. Listen, and you can hear the prop sound change just before touchdown.

 

[powerloungn']

Just do a proper round-out, flare and let the aircraft land... quote]

WOW... I bet he hadn't thought of that.

 

[Swass]

What crawled up your bung?

Asshat. :smash:

 

[A.G.Flyer]

Landing King 200's

Thanks FlyingLow67, thats just what I was looking for. I tried it and as long as I don't try to bring the power past the point where the prop sound just starts to change it works great. Just out curiosity, do you land with the props full forward or do you push them up after landing?

 

[350Capt]

Any tips or techniques for landing 200 KingAirs with the 4 bladed props. The three blades are very easy but the 4 blades seem to want to do a lot of yawing as you pull the power back on landing. Any tips from you old pros would be appreciated.

Everything is a profile, so as long as you fly a profile everything will work out. The profile I found to work great on the BE20 is this. When you start your approach get the flaps to approach torque @ 800 lbs on the descent. On your way down the pike at the FAF or about 4 or 5 miles out on the VASI get the gear down reduce torque to 600 lbs. At about a 1 mile final, set full flaps reduce torque to 400 lbs. 500 feet AGL kick off the yaw damp just before the concrete reduce to 200 lbs. As you get into ground effect start slowly bringing that power back just as the aircraft is about to touchdown. I promise you this profile works great every time. Just a quick word about the props. If you have plenty of runway leave the props at 1700 RPM which is the cruise setting. This airplane does not eat a whole lot of runway. Also as far as the bringing the power to idle. Do not do it while she is anymore then a few feet off the ground as she will come down hard because the 200 unlike the 350 does not have a flight idle and a ground idle, just a ground idle.

I hope that Helps,
Roman Fleysher
BE20,B350,BE9L,B1900D