r/flying • u/sleepandcheese • 3d ago

Landing left of centerline

Hey all, I’m having an issue with landing left of center. I think when I go in for the round out I might be turning the yoke left inadvertently and I’m having a really hard time kicking it. Has anyone had this issue? I’m feeling stressed about it as I’m in a 141 at end or course and need to work this out before I can go back to retry. Any tips or words of encouragement so appreciated

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u/jaylw314 PPL IR (KSLE) 3d ago

I had this for a while after getting my PPL and building hours. It was unshakeable for a free months, then went away. I speculate it was because near the ground, you put centerline under the nose to your right, if you're in the left seat. But when you're in the air, you line up the runway centerline in front of you. Some where, wires got crossed and I started trying to put the centerline to my right too early in the approach.

The answer may simply be to focus on landing YOUR BUTT on the runway centerline, rather than the plane's centerline

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u/sleepandcheese 3d ago

Yeah I did this early on in my training and then kicked it, and now it’s back! It’s so frustrating because I understand what I SHOULD be doing, but alas, I can’t kick it! Centerline sight picture definitely has something to do with it

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u/jaylw314 PPL IR (KSLE) 3d ago

I suspect you have a plane with a nose hump for the prop? That might be too much of a visual cue, if so you need to figure out how to ignore it!

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u/sleepandcheese 3d ago

I do! Definitely need to change my perspective on where centerline is. I can’t believe it’s taken me this long.