Too High on a Missed

Heres one of those questions that has a simple answer masking hidden subtleties: Youre on the approach to Orlando Executive with the family for a couple well-earned days in The Land of the Mouse. You loved the idea of flying in to Executive rather than putting the family in seats 27 A through D into nearby Orlando International.But now the reality of getting established on a back-course localizer in bumpy clouds has you behind the curve and working hard to meet the mandatory altitudes on the stepdowns. You barely made the restriction to cross MARYB at 1500 and now are at 1100 heading for BRICE, struggling with reverse sensing and losing. You decide its best to go missed now and start again. But, how to do it?

Key Takeaways:

• Executing an early missed approach, particularly at airports beneath or near busy airspace, can create unexpected vertical separation conflicts with other aircraft, even when adhering to published missed approach procedures or maximum altitudes.
• While approach design (TERPS) focuses on terrain, and air traffic managers add traffic-related restrictions, an early deviation from the full procedure can still place an aircraft in a conflict zone (e.g., with only 700 feet of separation from descending traffic).
• Pilots must thoroughly brief missed approaches, anticipate potential conflicts, and communicate early and precisely with ATC when executing an early missed approach, being prepared for rapid instructions, as ATC will react with quick vectors to an unexpected scenario.

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