Wonder why? Does any fleet aircraft do section landings? Prowlers do a section go, but terminate a section approach by either dropping wing off on the ball (w/ lead go around), or dragging wing on final for a normal interval. Curious how others do it.
Brett
Hornets will do section landings. The how is usually covered in the SOP. To practice section landings needed minimal crosswind, 8000' of dry runway, and brief the details. After touchdown lead delays pulling power for a couple potatos, -2 goes to idle right away, and the jets separate quickly, well before any brake or planing link problems could really develop.
The reason to do a section landing is that if you do a section approach and don't split on final by about 600' AGL you won't get the separation for an interval landing. If you shoot a section approach to circling mins you are usually better off landing in section. Also useful if you are leading a NORDO or emergency aircraft back through the weather and you don't want him to shoot his own approach. Yes, you can just drop him off and go around for another approach (and should if there is water on the runway), but that means you take another PAR slot, some other aircraft is holding at the IAF burning gas, you are still flying around in the goo, etc.
Are there risks? Of course. But there are situations where the "accept risk were the benefits outweigh the risk" part of ORM applies.
There is also something very cool about operating in section from brake release to touchdown.