Landing lights are lights used on aircraft to illuminate the terrain and runway ahead during takeoff and landing.
Landing light on a Cessna 172N
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Landing Lights: Check
For daytime flight you might just check that the lights seem secure. For nighttime flight you want to turn them on briefly to check that both bulbs are working.
Landing Light: A lamp (or lamps) usually installed in the leading edge of the mainplane of modern aeroplanes for use in illuminating the surface on which the aeroplane is alighting.
If landing light seal is not sufficient to keep water out you should expect standing water to corrode the air filter. Service Bulletin #975.
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Similarly, it is a good practice to turn on the landing light whenever you are below 5000 feet AGL and within 10 miles of an airport, even during the day, but the landing light is no substitute for strobes.
First thing the pilot can do is turn on landing lights and strobes. They must be on when operating in reduced visibility conditions.
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The landing light was moved from the wing to the engine cowl where vibration lowered landing-light bulb life. It was moved back to the wing in 1984.
1978. Cessna 152 model introduced. Lycoming 110-hp engine introduced.
 See also: Landing, Pilot, Flight, Aircraft, Force
  
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