Purpose
To recognize when to discontinue an approach and promptly make the decision to go-around
Description
- Discuss situations when a go-around is needed.
- When prompted by the instructor, transition from an approach to climbout configuration.
- Recognize when a safe landing cannot be accomplished and initiate a go-around.
Instructional aids and pre-requisites
- None; this lesson may be completed during Lesson BM-3 (Normal Approach to Hover)
Content
- Discuss situations when a go-around is appropriate
- Conflicting traffic
- Deviation from approach profile
- Any time the student is uncomfortable with continuing the approach
- During a normal approach, prompt student to initate a go-around
- Initiate maneuver by increasing power and accelerating to climbout speed (60 kias)
- Continue adding power until a climb is established
- Make appropriate cyclic inputs to maintain 60 kias
Common errors
- Hesitation to initiate go-around
- If student hesitates and immediate intervention is not required, draw student’s attention to conditions that suggest a go-around is needed
- Transition to climb from approach configuration
- When power is added, pitch will increase, causing the aircraft to decelerate
- Student may hesitate to add power available
- Trim, airspeed, or climb rate deviations
- Breakdown of the VFR scan: initiate practice go-arounds from higher altitudes so student is not distracted by ground or surface activity
Completion standards
- Student initates go-around when appropriate
- Once decision to go-around is made, student arrests descent and reconfigures the aircraft for climbout
- Airspeed ±10 kias
Teaching considerations
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Additional practice
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Additional resources
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· Discuss situations when a go-around is needed.
· When prompted by the instructor, transition from an approach to climbout configuration.
Recognize when a safe landing cannot be accomplished and initiate a go-around.