Originally Posted by
Hamley
Two points come to mind from this report:
- Once the decision has been made to go around/missed approach it shouldn’t be changed. Saving an approach from the MDA/MAP (or after) and still making a stable approach is rarely possible. Cut your losses and go back for another careful try.
- After a missed approach, with each subsequent approach pilots tend to take more risks, rush, cut corners and make more mistakes. Each time you make another approach you the more likely you are to make a mistake. This tendency should be front of mind when conducting a missed approach and intending to try again.
These things can happen to us all, regardless of experience.
thats all pretty obvious to a responsible pilot BUT there will always be one single Unknown, one variable.....the human element!