Question about aborted landings
Posted by Upstairs_Beyond3175@reddit | aviation | View on Reddit | 14 comments
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Posted by Upstairs_Beyond3175@reddit | aviation | View on Reddit | 14 comments
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Raccoon_Ratatouille@reddit
Yeah it’s really not a big deal. If it’s safer to go around than landing you go around.
jakerepp15@reddit
Checked the playback on FR24. I didn't see another aircraft on the runway at the time, so I am guessing they just floated too far down the runway before touching down or felt unstable or something.
KJ3040@reddit
While go arounds are routine, aborted or balked landings are somewhat more unusual. An unstabilized approach is unlikely the reason here. The decision gates for those are 1,000 feet and 500 feet. Wind direction / velocity change or the runway not being clear seem like more likely reasons. It’s also possible the pilots simply didn’t like how the landing was going. Perhaps they were floating too far down the runway. There will not be any report for an uncomplicated go around. Even if there was, it would be an internal proprietary report. And as others have said, most airlines in the US do not require go around reports so as not to have a chilling effect on what is “the right thing to do”.
nextgeneric@reddit
You can download the ATC app or go on Liveatc and listen to recordings from around the time you landed to get more info. ATC will usually ask the reason for the go-around if it was pilot initiated.
mistakenhat@reddit
Takes a few seconds for engines to spool up after TOGA as well, so likely the call was made before ever touching the runway due to unstabilized approach. Happens all the time.
Mauro_Ranallo@reddit
I'd say hundreds happen daily in the US.
PaulMakeItFun@reddit
It could have happened for a number of reasons. Air traffic control could have told them to go around. The pilots may have spotted an animal on the runway. They might have been coming in a little faster than they wanted. There could be many other reasons as well. The other pilots who have commented before me are all correct in everything they've said as well. But it's no big deal. Pilots practice it all the time. I've done probably done probably more than a hundred times either in a personal aircraft or an aircraft simulator at one of the aviation training companies.
SableJoke49@reddit
Yes, go-arounds rarely reported unless it leads to or is caused by another emergency. Most of the time, it's just that the pilots aren't comfortable with the positioning of the aircraft or if a windshear alarm went off (when wind suddenly changes direction or speed). Because it happened after touchdown, it could be because of a "floaty" landing, there is no way of knowing with 100% certainty
IncredibleVelocity4@reddit
Most go arounds are classified as “unstablized approach”. It just means things weren’t lined up and we’re gonna call a do-over. It’s no big deal.
I_Served@reddit
First rule of flying—aviate, navigate, communicate. In that order.
Imaginary_Amoeba3461@reddit
We aren’t even required to do a report to the company for a normal go around where I work.
Illinikek@reddit
Yes quite normal and not an emergency. It’s like the equivalent of having to back out and pull into a parking spot again because you weren’t lined up enough the first time. (Crude analogy)
Upstairs_Beyond3175@reddit (OP)
Thank you for the response.
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