Go-around

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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  • Safety considerations can be highlighted in red text

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.

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