SMAC185 The Successful Go Around

We rarely do them and when we do they usually don’t go as planned. Your instructors always told you to be ready for one and be spring loaded to perform one. We hear many accidents and incidents of pilots performing one with no success. What are we talking about? The go around. In this episode we will discuss how you can have a successful go around every time you fly. Preflight Checklist: Sponsor: AviationCareersPodcast.com – Scholarships, Career Coaching, and Interview Preparation. Cruise Flight: Our successful and not so successful go-arounds. What is a successful go-around? Why go around? Situations such as air traffic control (ATC) requirements unexpected appearance of hazards on the runway overtaking another airplane wind shear wake turbulence mechanical failure unstable approach How to make all your go arounds successful. Decide early Unstabilized approach Power and Pitch up. Don’t point at the ground. Assure airspeed is going up and altitude is not going down. Know your airplane. Most planes pitch up but some pitch down when applying power. Go arounds are a normal maneuver not an emergency. Why we don’t go around when we should Mission driven We feel it will reflect negatively upon us as pilots Get-there-itis Pressure from passengers Plane needs to be back at the FBO soon After Landing Checklist: Picks Of The Week: Carl – Stuck Mic AvCast YouTube Channel Bill -Hasselblad camera, 10 bit video:  https://store.dji.com/product/mavic-2 Tom – https://www.faa.gov/news/safety_briefing/ Russ – http://boldmethod.com/ –  Rick – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TppcWdsrqQA&t=151s – Flight Chops the Zen of the Super Cub Links Mentioned In The Podcast: NASA ASRS Callback Newsletter – Go-Arounds We Wish Were Better https://asrs.arc.nasa.gov/publications/callback/cb_463.html Controlled Flight Into Terrain, Korean Air Flight 801, Boeing 747-300, HL7468 https://www.ntsb.gov/investigations/AccidentReports/Pages/AAR0001.aspx “You Can Always Go Around” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vqFTD-Bqwl8 Somatogravic illusion.  BEA study https://www.bea.aero/etudes/asaga/asaga.study.pdf NTSB Finds Mismanagement of Approach to Airport and Failure to Go-Around Led to Crash of UPS Flight 1354     The post SMAC185 The Successful Go Around appeared first on Stuck Mic AvCast.