Originally Posted by
India Four Two
biscuit74, US rules ARE different. Nobody would know what a “dead side join” is. Standard procedure is to join the downwind leg at a 45° angle from outside the circuit/pattern.
in USA rules are definite different. A similar accident happened at HQZ a few years ago, father and son in a 150 doing a base to final turn when the big twin came behind doing a "straight in " approach to final that he called 15 miles out. Believe it or not the NTSB gave the right of way to the pilot calling for a straight in approach all 3 died in the accident. In 45 years of flying here i have seen the straight in approach being abused. No one respects the correct entry which is to listen for traffic or see traffic in the pattern. Almost impossible to do on a 15 mile final. Assuming no control tower is present no excuses, NORDO airplanes cannot transmit traffic so the onus should be on the pilot doing the straight in and see or hear traffic then if so give right of way. Almost all straight in approaches fail to correct that issue. Insanity at the best.