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On final approach, you realize you cannot make the runway. The CORRECT decision is to
Choices
stretch the glide by pulling back on the yoke.
Stretching glide → stall → crash.
✓ GO AROUND immediately.correct
full power, pitch for Vy, retract flaps in stages, climb out and re-enter the pattern. Trying to stretch the glide leads to stall. Stretching the glide is one of the deadliest errors — pulling back lowers airspeed, increases AoA, increases drag, all while not actually moving you further. The airplane stalls. The right answer is always GO AROUND when in doubt. A go-around is a standard maneuver, not a failure.
land short on the approach grass.
Off-airport landing on approach grass risks ditches/obstacles.
speed up by pushing forward.
Pushing forward gains airspeed but loses needed altitude.
Why
full power, pitch for Vy, retract flaps in stages, climb out and re-enter the pattern. Trying to stretch the glide leads to stall. Stretching the glide is one of the deadliest errors — pulling back lowers airspeed, increases AoA, increases drag, all while not actually moving you further. The airplane stalls. The right answer is always GO AROUND when in doubt. A go-around is a standard maneuver, not a failure.
FAA source: AFH Ch 9 — Go-Around; AFH Chapter 9 — Approaches and Landingsbrowse the reference library →
Original study question written for this course — representative of FAA knowledge-test topics, not an actual current FAA exam question.