It would still take four hours to get down, in a spiral of deceleration.
"Space Viking"
Henry Beam Piper
It would add to the plausibility of reported deceleration, though, and would arouse acute suspicion.
"Operation Terror"
William Fitzgerald Jenkins
"Captain, it's my guess the body will match speeds with us at about 200 miles, at his present rate of deceleration," Clay said.
"Greylorn"
John Keith Laumer