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dasleben · August 7th, 2009, 13:45

Coming from the perspective of a guy who currently flies C402s into a very busy jet terminal area, it doesn't matter if you're on the left or right side. Being on the left side could just as easily cause a collision hazard if I take the same heading and altitude assignment as a jet on the right, even if he's spaced a mile and a half back on the parallel. The speeds and turn radii are very different. On a go-around, my profile is Vy (~95-112 KIAS depending on weight), and if I'm light and starting from 130-140 KIAS below 1000' AGL, I can still do 2000-2500 fpm up to the assigned altitude without much effort. If a jet also does the same procedure at the same time, now there's a very large speed difference between us and a very large problem.

That's why I would personally continue and request clarification from ATC. Barring a flying saucer materializing on the ILS, there's simply not a whole lot that will cause an immediate hazard to me at 800' to warrant an instant go-around. YMMV.

August 7th, 2009, 13:45	#19
dasleben Senior Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: BWI Posts: 564	*Re: garbled* Go Around!** Coming from the perspective of a guy who currently flies C402s into a very busy jet terminal area, it doesn't matter if you're on the left or right side. Being on the left side could just as easily cause a collision hazard if I take the same heading and altitude assignment as a jet on the right, even if he's spaced a mile and a half back on the parallel. The speeds and turn radii are very different. On a go-around, my profile is Vy (~95-112 KIAS depending on weight), and if I'm light and starting from 130-140 KIAS below 1000' AGL, I can still do 2000-2500 fpm up to the assigned altitude without much effort. If a jet also does the same procedure at the same time, now there's a very large speed difference between us and a very large problem. That's why I would personally continue and request clarification from ATC. Barring a flying saucer materializing on the ILS, there's simply not a whole lot that will cause an immediate hazard to me at 800' to warrant an instant go-around. YMMV.