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IFR Circling Approach Hazards & Tips for Flying Them + GA News
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199 IFR Circling Approach Hazards & Tips for Flying Them + GA News
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Summary 199 Max talks about the accident rate, common mistakes, and offers tips for flying IFR circling approaches. ICAO says circling approaches have 25 times the risk of a straight-in approach with vertical guidance. The size of the protected circling area changed in 2013. In the circling area, TERP requires a 25° bank angle. Pilots often fly a downwind that's too close and overshoot the base to final turn.
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Mentioned in the Show ICAO: Circling 25 times more risky ICAO: Doc 8168, Aircraft Operations International Safety Association: Circling Approaches FAA Expands Size of Protected Airspace for Circling Approaches Suggestions for increasing safety