

This is usually a situation where a pilot is high and fast on final. They were too far down the runway and not able to clear obstacles off the end.

There have been accidents where a pilot elected to go-around but waited too long.

I often wonder how many pilots who have overshot the field and wound up off the far end of the runway now wish they had utilized the go-around. “My friend Bob Martens calls the go-around one of the most underutilized maneuvers in aviation.
