missed approach in a sentence
Examples
- The missed approach procedure normally includes an initial heading or track to follow, and altitude to climb to, typically followed by holding instructions at a nearby navigation fix.
- In 1990, Spear died in a crash with his wife and one daughter in his Piper PA-31T Cheyenne attempting a single engine missed approach near Logan International Airport.
- The preliminary investigation report stated that the crew breached air safety regulations on all three approaches by descending below the decision height of before initiating a missed approach.
- A Trans World Airlines flight landing just before Flight 809 reported getting caught in a strong updraft, and was forced to execute a missed approach, rather than land.
- Cleared for an approach to Runway 02, the Yak-42 was approximately 2, 300 feet too high to carry out a successful landing, so a missed approach procedure was executed.
- Both the landing-gear issue and the concerns regarding speed made the captain focus on the possibility of a missed approach and the major inconvenience of diverting to Las Vegas.
- The captain then radioed the control tower and stated " USAir ten sixteen's on the go "; the tower acknowledged the missed approach and cleared Flight 1016 to climb to.
- Simply, all non-precision instrument approaches have a Minimum Descent Altitude ( MDA ), a Missed Approach Point ( MAP ) and a minimum required Runway Visual Range ( RVR ).
- Aircraft not equipped with such systems would not be allowed to descend as low and often would be required to execute a missed approach and fly to a suitable alternate airport.
- He said that such " go-arounds " or " missed approaches " _ when a pilot cannot execute a planned landing _ happened several times a day at busy airports like Newark.