The Times Fri 13 Jul 07
A 16 year old pilot crashed on his second solo flight after being ordered by an air traffic controller to carry out an unusual manoeuvre.
He had become confused after receiving an unusual instruction.
As he was preparing to land he was put "in a situation for which his training and experience had not prepared him" after being instructed to carry out an unfamiliar and non-standard manoeuvre", the AAIB report said. He had received an instruction to perform a "go-around" which required him to make a left turn and fly North which would "certainly have been unexpected",
The report recommended that controllers should not issue complicated instructions that would require an aircraft in the final stages of landing to deviate from it's expected flight path unless there was an emergency.
Does anyone know why this go-around instuction was classed as an "unusual manoeuvre"?
And how do you feel that it is recommended that controllers should take into account the limited abilities of trainee pilots?