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go-a·round

(gō′ə-round′)
n.
1. An argument; a go-round.
2. An evasive excuse; a runaround.
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Noun1.go-around - an approach that fails and gives way to another attempt
overshoot, wave-off
landing approach - the approach to a landing field by an airplane
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The FAA's Airplane Flying Handbook(FAA-H-8083-3B) has this to say, in part, about go-arounds: "The first priority is always to maintain control and obtain adequate flying speed.
One of the first things student pilots learn is how to recover from a balked landing and go-around. Sometimes, the approach is so bad that we don't even get to the "balk" part.
Single-Stage Go-Around: When close to the runway, immediately adding full power during a go-around can mean losing control
Caption: RIGHT: With VFR traffic that's staying in the pattern, tower controllers can use all kinds of tricks with go-arounds. For example, if a jet (Blue) is catching up to a Skyhawk (Red) on final, the Skyhawk might get, "Go around and offset to the right.
For a controller, the go-around is a last-minute tactic to resolve insufficient clearance or some other unexpected danger.
TAKING A LAP: While go-arounds can change ATC's immediate traffic flow, quick thinking and action can minimize the impact to the overall traffic situation
Among the five recommendations in the report by the Interstate Aviation Committee was to "study the possibility of introduction into the FFS (full flight simulator) training program scenarios of go-arounds in various conditions, in manual control mode with two engines operative from various heights".
Committee investigating flydubai crash recommends safety measures
The sidebar on the opposite page details some recent accident resulting from botched go-arounds. Of them, the Baron and Arrow accidents in particular suggest their pilots succumbed to a startle response.
Just Go Around: You mastered go-arounds from a bad approach or a runway conflict before your first solo, remember? The airplane may have changed, but nothing else has
The accident record is littered with examples of go-arounds that didn't work, for whatever reasons.
Going around: transitioning from short final on an approach to max-performance climb has broken its share of airplanes. Establish a positive climb rate, then clean up
Go-arounds (sometimes called rejected landings) are something of a "forgotten maneuver" for most pilots.
The forgotten maneuver: the early stages of a go-around or missed approach is when many stall/spin accidents occur. Why the most critical time during a go-around is the first 60 seconds
Some other Cessnas I've flown could only muster 30 degrees, a design change the company presumably made because it didn't affect landing distance all that much while making go-arounds easier.
Gusty go around: the go-around from a balked landing, even in a gusty crosswind, shouldn't be this hard
Also consider that in gusty conditions when go-arounds are likely to be executed, it can be difficult if not impossible to get the little electric flap handle into the 20-degree detent while you and the airplane are bouncing around in the turbulent low-level air.
Going around: perhaps just as important as landing is learning how not to land. Perfect the go-around maneuver so you can land after the next approach
Too often, panic sets in and--perhaps in haste, perhaps in surprise, perhaps a result of poor technique-the pilot in your situation forgets something and the go-around becomes something more.
Going around: aborting a landing attempt and coming back for another try isn't difficult, but smoothness counts when you're close to the ground
As accident statistics, investigations and even imagery show, failure to successfully execute a go-around can be deadly business.
What goes around comes around ... again: deciding on the go-around is step one; executing it should be done in a thoughtful, logical sequence

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