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Originally Posted by jams
I was flying into Newark Airport the other day......we were just about 200 feet above the runway ready to land and then we pulled back up made a giant loop around and landed safely. During our 20min loop around the pilot came on and said there was something on the runway so we had to abort.
I wish I could get to the bottom of the story. Sounds like someone screwed up big time. Someone was where they shouldn't have been!
I was amazed that everyone on the plane was calm and thought nothing of it. I kept my mouth shut as not to alarm my wife but inside I was fuming that some idiot may have just caused a big crash.
I don't know how often this happens but I have a feeling it happens more than we think.
I will have to check out the FAA website to see if you can report such an incident.
Home safe and sound!
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Go arounds happen all the time. Runway intrusions from aircraft, wacky lost animals wandering around, airport maintenance picking something up that shouldn't be on the runway, other aircraft not clearing the runway in time, etc.
It's not necessarily someone 'screwed up big time' it's the job of the PIC to determine when a go around is required. If the pilot had landed in an unsafe condition, attitude, etc THEN someone would have 'screwed up big time.'
I've had go arounds because of birds, trucks, coyotes, wind shear, and just because I didn't think I had enough separation between the jet in front of me. It's the pilot's call, and not a big deal.
When I had a cylinder decide it no longer wanted to be part of my engine and I had
oil streaming down the side of the plane and was very quickly learning that Cessnas don't glide nearly as well as Duo Discus do THAT was one time that I figured that a go around was pretty much out of the question. Slip in, shut down, get off the runway. Other than that, go arounds are always an option.
Your pal,
Meat.