Originally Posted by
172510
The pilot's initial mistake was a confusion about the wind: initiating a down wind approach while thinking he was flying headwind.
That can happen and that is not the cause of the accident, even an experienced pilot can make that sort of mistake. Confusion can happen.
There was several ways to spot the error before it was to late, but the pilot was probably too focused on the glidepath: that's to me the real issue.
At all times during an approach and certainly before your decision point, in addition to make sure you are not going to hit something, you must crosscheck that everything else is going as planned. Is the MAP consistent with what is expected? Is the airspeed consistent with the ground speed ? Is the transitional lift lost at the expected point?
Thanks - I'm reasonably familiar with how to approach and land