Circling Notes

If I could only subscribe to a single aviation magazine, it would have to be Aviation Safety. Its that good. In the December 2017 article, Say Approach Request, while discussing the RNAV (GPS) Runway 35 approach at the Asheville, N.C., Regional Airport (KAVL), you say that circling west of the runway is not authorized at night. Then you say that circling west is legal in daytime, but not recommended because of the brown bits on the chart.

Key Takeaways:

• The magazine issued corrections for previous advice, emphasizing the critical importance of consulting current charts and official guides like the AIM for aviation procedures rather than relying on memory.
• It highlighted the dangers and limited effectiveness of practices such as tower fly-bys or formation flights for checking landing gear, recommending reliance on cockpit indications due to associated risks and historical accidents.
• The article clarified that its selection of accident reports is based on educational value, differentiating from overall fatal general aviation accident statistics where loss of control, not engine failure, is the primary cause.

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