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Each leg of the pattern has a particular name: [3] Upwind leg. A flight path parallel to and in the direction of the landing runway. It is offset from the runway and opposite the downwind leg. Crosswind leg. A short climbing flight path at right angles to the departure end of the runway. Downwind leg. A long level flight path parallel to but in ...
Investigators concluded that, while flying the downwind leg around the airfield at 650 ft (200 m) above the sea, a sudden loss of control caused the aircraft to roll almost inverted, lose altitude and strike the surface of the water. [2]
According to the final report, a key factor leading to the crash was the pilot's decision to fly the airfield traffic pattern at an airspeed of about 100 mph (160 km/h) with the landing gear extended. [18]: 3 The pilot lowered the gear about 2.7 nmi (5.0 km; 3.1 mi) from the runway threshold, in the downwind leg of the traffic pattern.
The failure of the crew to time their flight downwind of the runway. The errors in the official KLM approach chart the crew had relied on. It emerged during the enquiry that these charts had been copied from war-era United States Air Force charts, which upon subsequent examination were also found to be faulty.
At some point during "the run", usually midway down the runway, the pilot will fly the aircraft up and away from the runway in a tight crosswind leg, to position downwind in the pattern to land. This maneuver is performed at high-g which causes significant induced drag; this drag causes a rapid reduction of airspeed. During this the aircraft is ...
In the United States, aircraft usually join the pattern at a 45° angle to the downwind leg, abeam midfield. They may also join straight in along the final leg, if there is no conflict with other traffic. In Europe, aircraft usually join the pattern at a 90° angle to the downwind leg, abeam midfield.
After making numerous calls to other aircraft, the controller instructed the Cessna pilots to "report right downwind" (referring to a downwind airfield traffic pattern turn). The controller then called Ozark 965 to confirm it was following a different Cessna.
CAP: I am turning to downwind leg right now, notify other planes to avoid. APP: Negative, there's a plane 14 kilometers (8.7 mi; 7.6 nmi) away from touchdown point at the altitude of 600 meters (2,000 ft). F/O: Tell them we would make a forced landing, we declare a emergency!! Emergency!! CAP: We declare a emergency!! Clear them off!!