Why you should avoid flat landings! Read the description for more info

Most aircraft touch down on the main wheels first, followed by the nose wheel. Landing on all wheels at once (also known as landing “flat”) will likely result in a bounce or porpoise. Flat landings are usually a result of landing too fast. To improve upon this, try to flare the aircraft longer to bleed off airspeed and reduce your vertical speed on touchdown. Otherwise, you’ll end up in a situation like this pilot!

[Hullspeed]

When I was a student, I once landed a Skyhawk nose wheel first, then the back wheels (I was super afraid of stalling and had too much airspeed). My instructor gave me an excellent score because, he said, it was the best nose-wheel first landing he had ever seen. Then he said, “Don’t EVER do that again!!”

[BrianHAviation]

Reminded me when a guy in my squadron wanted to fly my Piper Saratoga. Here we are F-16 pilots and he lands nose wheel first and breaks off part of the nose gear. It's been 30 years and I still don't let him forget it.

[DRV-mtdd]

Comments are the best part. Everyone is the best pilot they know.

[Waynegilchrist-rh]

My first landing was going "smooth as silk" according to my instructor, USAF SSgt.Weathers. We were stationed at Blytheville AFB in Arkansas. Smooth as silk but then, as often happens, things took a sudden turn starting with the tower ATC excitedly yelling, "get up, get up!..." Inexperienced and yet aware of the importance of his tone of urgency, I was not sure of what all I did hear but almost instantly an F4- Phantom coming in over me pulled up and his thrust was shaking and blowing our little Cessna 150 like a leaf in a hurricane. My landing became a couple pretty strong bounces but we settled down in our taxi line. It was then I noticed my instructor was visibly shaken and he mumbled a few choice "Sargent kinda things" that I'm not allowed to repeat in this venue. What had happened, clearly no fault of mine, was that the Air Traffic Controller had cleared us to land but also the F4-Phantom right on top of us. Fortunately he caught it just in time and the jet aborted, climbed, and did a go around but the turbulence blew us around like feather. Being too new a rookie, I was too ignorant to be scared but old Hank wasn't. I always take my landings pretty serious 😊😅😂!

[ChancemeetingUhere]

Flare, Flare, Flare….. Stuck the landing. Although Cessna profiles are used for training purposes for a reason. It was a safe landing. The skills of landing will be enhanced and improved over time.

[GxHxN]

I prefer the nose-first approach. Its quick, easy, and cuts way down on my taxi times. On the downside, my maintenance and repair bills are extremely large, and my insurance has said things like "who are you?" And "this plane has been reported stolen".

[milkman]

In this vid, many have commented on the strength of the nose wheel being the bigger problem. But, the main problem is not nose wheel strength, although that is a factor.
The glaring issue is the speed required to accomplish a conventional gear 3 point landing. The AC is simply going too fast.
After this AC touches down, it's immediately airborne again. Most call that a bounce. It's not a bounce -- like the bounce of a basketball.
Because of excessive airspeed, the wings are still creating lift, enough lift in fact to fully carry the weight of the loaded AC.
But soon as the tires touch the runway, a percentage of the AC's weigh is transferred to the ground. Now, the wings are carrying less weight than before this touchdown. AC speed and AOA are such that the AC will now rise again. 9⁹
Then, tires are off the pavement, and all weight is transferred back to the wing, and the AC drops once again. This is what happens when you try to plant the AC to the ground while it's still flying.
Causing what looks like a bounce.

Reason so many guys are exclaiming "Bad landing" is because of AC groundspeed and attitude of same.

[dbblues.]

"Any landing you can walk away from is a good landing" - Launchpad McQuack.

[Ace-Aver]

In addition to being unsafe Nose landing also increases the landing distance because no aerodynamic drag in higher AOA when flared.

[FredWhosDead]

Because there is no flare, the airspeed is still high. If you catch the aircraft wrong you can get into a pilot induced oscillation bouncing down the runway. Instead, flare the aircraft into the stall envelope and gently kiss the runway. With the reduced airspeed there is no more lift capability to induce bounce.

[z]

This is a good way to collapse the nose gear and taking out the engine with a prop strike. Once you’re about 6ft off the ground you better have the nose gear up and the chirps better come from the mains. The front assembly is not designed for a heavy nose wheel landing.

[justicegusting]

Gotta make that stall warning horn squeal like Ned Beatty on the bank of the Cahulawassee River.

[stevetarrant]

It's more exciting when the wheels are up.

[bobpratt]

I was taught to pull the throttle back as i turned to final and glide down about 20mph above stall keep main gear off as long as possible (1500 foot grass runway) then have my feet ready to anticipate the tail dragger antics especially in crosswinds.

[norcaliguycalifornia]

Wow. My instructor always applauded a 3 point landing. I flew the same model.

[skystars]

As an instructor it’s kinda obvious. I wouldn’t let a student solo that way. Bad habits trained away from the start

[avtore]

Need more back pressure and let the mains touch first

[lwilde]

I paid special attention to the instructor when he was teaching landing techniques at various airfields, from the little country runway to major airports. Turns out I did pretty well doing landings. Saved my life once in Norfolk.

[wassermutt]

My landings are a bit opposite. Flare too much, gain 3 feet of altitude, lose all speed, plunk down to the pavement on the mains. Gotta let the passengers know that you're down....

[AlanTheBeast]

Until you could do a full stick back landing at full flaps (including old 40° 172's) I wouldn't let you near the idea of the word solo.
Although we did have an Aerobat - tail heavy 150 - and the mechanics asked us to not do full back stick landings - was wearing out the tail tie down ring. (The aerobat has additional stiffeners in the back making it a tad tail heavy).