Narrative:

During final approach to land at jbr, (no control tower) in an airplane with no communications radio, I had to make a go around because of an airplane that had landed ahead of me on runway 18, and had come to a full stop. The plane did not begin to taxi or takeoff, so after a few seconds had passed, I decided to abort the landing. My altitude at this time was 200' AGL. I made a climbing right-hand turn until 90 from runway heading and about 1/2 mi from the runway. I then made a climbing left-hand turn to the heading of 180 degrees. At mid-field, still climbing, I made another left-hand turn and entered the traffic pattern. I learned later from an acquaintance that was flying in a radio-equipped airplane at the time all of this taking place, that he saw my go around while he was taxiing on the ramp, and wondered what I was doing making those turns over the runway. I believe you should always be prepared to go around if anything doesn't look right. The actions I took were not unusual to me, because this is how I was instructed to do a go around. However, to ground observers. It obviously was puzzling. Here again, education of pilots on a proper way to execute a go around would help them understand what they were seeing.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: SMA PLT EXECUTING GO AROUND DUE TO TRAFFIC ON RWY AT UNCONTROLLED ARPT, ELECTS A RIGHT 90 DEGREE TURN, FOLLOWED BY A LEFT 90 DEGREE TURN, THEN A TURN TO CROSSWIND AT MIDFIELD WHILE STILL IN CLIMB.

Narrative: DURING FINAL APCH TO LAND AT JBR, (NO CTL TWR) IN AN AIRPLANE WITH NO COMS RADIO, I HAD TO MAKE A GAR BECAUSE OF AN AIRPLANE THAT HAD LANDED AHEAD OF ME ON RWY 18, AND HAD COME TO A FULL STOP. THE PLANE DID NOT BEGIN TO TAXI OR TKOF, SO AFTER A FEW SECS HAD PASSED, I DECIDED TO ABORT THE LNDG. MY ALT AT THIS TIME WAS 200' AGL. I MADE A CLBING RIGHT-HAND TURN UNTIL 90 FROM RWY HDG AND ABOUT 1/2 MI FROM THE RWY. I THEN MADE A CLBING LEFT-HAND TURN TO THE HDG OF 180 DEGS. AT MID-FIELD, STILL CLBING, I MADE ANOTHER LEFT-HAND TURN AND ENTERED THE TFC PATTERN. I LEARNED LATER FROM AN ACQUAINTANCE THAT WAS FLYING IN A RADIO-EQUIPPED AIRPLANE AT THE TIME ALL OF THIS TAKING PLACE, THAT HE SAW MY GAR WHILE HE WAS TAXIING ON THE RAMP, AND WONDERED WHAT I WAS DOING MAKING THOSE TURNS OVER THE RWY. I BELIEVE YOU SHOULD ALWAYS BE PREPARED TO GO AROUND IF ANYTHING DOESN'T LOOK RIGHT. THE ACTIONS I TOOK WERE NOT UNUSUAL TO ME, BECAUSE THIS IS HOW I WAS INSTRUCTED TO DO A GAR. HOWEVER, TO GND OBSERVERS. IT OBVIOUSLY WAS PUZZLING. HERE AGAIN, EDUCATION OF PLTS ON A PROPER WAY TO EXECUTE A GAR WOULD HELP THEM UNDERSTAND WHAT THEY WERE SEEING.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of August 2007 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.