Q: If you know you are going to botch a short field or power-off, 180-degree landing, should you go around? Would that decision fail you?A: Yes, you should go around. But if that will result in a failure depends. It is always a best practice to go around if you are going to make a bad landing. Never force the aircraft down just to hit a point or get the landing done. This can result in damage or worse. When you make the decision to go around on a short field landing and then come around and do a good landing it will most times result in passing that maneuver. On a power-off 180-degree landing, a go-around has been interpreted by the FAA to be only allowable without failure when the conditions or need for the go-around were out of the applicant's control. For example: an abnormal wind gust, ATC calling for a go-around, or perhaps an aircraft pulling out in front of you.
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