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Old 3rd Jun 2003, 16:16
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212man
 
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I think the phrase 'suckers gap' could be inserted in here somewhere. It's a mistake to consider the ARA as any different to other IF approaches and therefor the same protocols should apply; you wouldn't expect to abandon a missed approach from a VOR/DME approach would you?

As a cautionary tale, a very experienced crew, trying hard to get into a fog bound rig in the N. Sea about 9 years ago carried out a third and final missed approach from an ARA. The Captain who was PNF caught a glimpse of the rig in the 4 o'clock through a gap in the fog, and took control. He racked the a/c round (332) and gave control back to the co-pilot (high hours ex-mil) for the visual approach. Unfortunately, they had a slight tale wind and had lost most of the airspeed. I think the torque pulled in order to avoid hitting the sea was 127%.

Wasn't good for their subsequent careers.
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