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Old 25th May 2020, 06:48
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Jonzarno
 
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Originally Posted by rnzoli
Thanks, so it was a right traffic circuit after all.
I am not sure what is the point in making a touch-and-go or a low approach after coming from a tiring cross-country flight as a student, so I guess it was a probably a go-around due to a rejected landing.
I start to feel a little similarity with the SR20 accident at KHOU back in 2016, where the increasingly exhaused pilot stalled and spun on the upwind-to-crosswind turn, after 3 landing attempts.
Yes, as I recall the KHOU accident was also influenced by the circuit being quite busy, with faster aircraft also making approaches, and by the controller giving an inexperienced pilot complex instructions which gradually overloaded her.
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