“Why didn’t the pilot go around?”
You hear this question a lot when there is a runway overrun—especially when it is a high-profile event such as Flight 7598, an Amazon Prime Air cargo airplane that crashed in Florida last week.
Why Go-Arounds Save Lives: Lessons From Unstabilized Approaches
Prime Air runway overrun highlights critical importance of maintaining proper airspeeds and initiating timely balked landings.
![Go-arounds, also called a ‘balked landing,’ are part of all pilot training. [Credit: FLYING Archive]](https://www.flyingmag.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/httpswww.flyingmag.comsitesflyingmag.comfilescirrusapproach-scaled-1.jpg)
Key Takeaways:
- The recent Amazon Prime Air runway overrun highlights the critical importance of a stable approach and the decision to go around when an aircraft is too fast, consuming excessive runway.
- Factors contributing to such accidents include an unstabilized approach, failure to deploy speed brakes, and potential crew dynamics that prevent pilots from calling for a go-around.
- Pilots are trained to maintain proper airspeeds and configurations for a stable approach, and the ability to execute a timely go-around is a crucial safety measure to prevent runway overruns, applicable at all experience levels.
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