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78 - ATPL Question Bank in English - After an engine failure shortly after take-off, an aeroplane returns for landing at a mass above its maximum certificated landing mass. Compared with a normal landing within that limit, which concern is most appropriate?

Question 78 - Mass and Balance - ATPL - Airline Transport Pilot Licence

A lower required threshold speed and smaller loads on the landing gear.

A higher required threshold speed but a necessarily shorter stopping distance.

A higher mass necessarily causes a steeper approach and a landing short of the runway.

A higher required threshold speed and a risk of excessive landing-gear or other structural loads, particularly in a hard landing.

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