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Old Jan 31, 2009, 4:00 PM
ChrisH ChrisH is offline
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Let me explain something, as a pilot.

It is called a missed approach. There is nothing about them that are abnormal, or says the pilot is inexperienced. When flying an instrument approach, each airport, and runway as minimum requirements that must be met, to land. You will not know for sure that those requirements are, or are not met, unless you attempt an approach. If, upon reaching a specific altitude, and or distance from the runway, you cannot see the runway, you are to initiate a go around, and try again. As long as there is enough fuel, you can try all day long. Missed approaches, and the appropriate way to fly them is listed on the approach plates, for that airport, issued by the FAA. This is not dangerous, and this is normal. It may have been scary to you, but there was nothing about it that involved an inexperienced pilot.

Also, wind, is very hard to land in. It sounds to me like the pilot was fighting the wind, among other things.