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to circle, and not much time to descend to the
runway, either. That means steeper banks, so
risk goes up. And it was night.
There have been many accidents at
Truckee-Tahoe, and this approach had me
flying one specific accident scenario involving that circle to Runway 29. The accident
pilot could have flown down Runway 20,
crossed the airport, and then made a left
pattern to land on Runway 29. Instead, after
breaking out he circled to the left to make a
modified right base to Runway 29.
Flying the approach in the simulator,
it was easy to see that this move ratcheted
up the stress-and risk. From the left seat,
you can't easily see Runway 29, unless you
dip the right wing. I did, and I could barely
make out the runway. My first thought was
that at 1,316 feet agl I was way too high to
maneuver to a position from which I could
make a normal landing. I thought of bending the airplane around, descending at the
same time, and rolling out on final, but I figured that I'd land too long. I saw that fog
covered the distant half of the runway. I'd
be landing fast, into fog. Bad idea.
So I opted for a missed approach, hit the
go-around button on the power lever, and
the command bars popped up on the PFD
to guide me through the procedure. Then it
was a climbing right turn to 12,000 feet. For
the accident pilot, things didn't turn out so
well. He stated he lost visual contact, became
disoriented, then realized he was in a 70- to
80-degree left bank. By the time he levelled
the wings the ground was directly in front of
the airplane. He slid to a stop; he and three
passengers suffered minor injuries. The NTSB
listed the pilot's failure to maintain control due
to spatial disorientation as a probable cause of
the accident, with dark night as a factor.
No matter where you fly them, circling
approaches carry risks. Some approaches
have more curveballs than others, but the
general rules still apply: plan your circling maneuver ahead of time, stay on top
of the airplane, don't go below MDA until
on final, be ready for steeper-than-standard
bank angles, count on higher-than-normal
descent rates on final approach-and have
the missed approach procedure briefed and
ready for action.
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