The flight test was not going well. I was doing fine, which was easy because I was the check airman giving it. The guy I was testing, though, was having more trouble than expected. A few maneuvers were marginal, but so far none called for a failure. So far.
Next was an ILS approach. We were in instrument conditions, and I was paying close attention. As we approached glide slope intercept, I started doing less fine. He had not reduced power, so we were at cruise airspeed, about 30 knots too fast for putting the landing gear down. A check airman is not supposed to instruct, so I had to stay silent. But I didn’t want to leave landing gear parts strewn along the final approach course, either. so I pulled the landing gear circuit breaker. If he tried something funny the gear would not come down.
