The Go-around Procedure
When the pilot is instructed or decides to go around, the pilot will apply full power to the engine(s), adopt an appropriate climb attitude and airspeed, retract landing gear, retract flaps as necessary, follow the instructions of the air traffic controller (in a controlled field) and typically climb into the traffic pattern for another circuit if required.
Many modern aircraft, such as the Boeing and Airbus series, use fly-by-wire systems with go-around modes that automatically set maximum available power and pitch the aircraft for best performance, using a TO GA button. On other aircraft, the pilot performs the go-around manually. In a typical small aircraft, such as those found in general aviation, this might involve:
- applying full power.
- adopting an appropriate climb attitude and airspeed.
- removing one stage of flap, if necessary.
- checking for a positive rate of climb.
- raising the landing gear, if the aircraft has retractable gear.
- raising the flaps fully, once a positive rate of climb is established and the aircraft is above a certain safe airspeed and altitude.
- removing carburetor heat, if it is on.
- climbing back to pattern altitude.
- one climb is established, position to the deadside of the runway.
- advising control tower and/or other traffic about go-around decision by radio.
This is easily remembered by the mnemonic "5Cs"—Cram it, Climb it, Clean it up, Cool it, and Call it!, or sometimes the "5 Ups": Power Up, Nose Up, Gear Up, Flaps Up, Speak Up.
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