10/14/2018 - N398ES

Pascal Duchemin KCCR KCCR Bay tour - Go around O88 ---------- When preparing the flight in the morning, I was aiming to go to Half moon bay. At the time, the metar was calling out sky clear. Unfortunately this was an hour and a half prior to take off and there is no TAF for that airport (SFO was calling sky clear the whole morning). When I go closer to Berkeley, I quickly realized that a coastal layer of cloud was all over and I wouldn't be able to reach my destination. I flew a few 360 over San Francisco and since I had the plane reserved for a little longer, I decided to head to Rio Vista (O88). After a quick 20mn flight, I called CTAF for traffic advisories and no-one responded. The AWOS was announcing wind 133 @4 (well, at least, that's what I heard/understood). when calling out entering left downwind for runway 15, someone on the ground warned me that I was going to land with a tailwind. I announced then that I would land on the opposite runway (33). I did a few steep turns in order to enter base for 33 but unfortunately was too high and too fast. I could have done a full stop on 33 but probably not a touch and goes, I decided to go around. During that time, 3 other traffics were inbound and were aiming for runway 25 (longer runway, and actually the better choice due to the low winds). I exited the pattern and got back to KCCR. Some lessons to learn. Continuously check the weather when going to an airport on the coast. If deciding to go to an alternate/non-planned airport, pay more attention of what are the right runways to choose; even if it requires doing a couple 360 before getting closer to that airport in order to get additional information.

Flight 2018 10 13 Bay Tour O88

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