Small Aircraft
Flight Crew Commercial
Flight Crew Last 90 Days 15; Flight Crew Total 4370; Flight Crew Type 490
Situational Awareness
ATC Issue All Types; Conflict Airborne Conflict; Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Published Material / Policy
Flight Crew Executed Go Around / Missed Approach; Flight Crew Became Reoriented; Flight Crew Requested ATC Assistance / Clarification; Flight Crew Took Evasive Action
Aircraft; Procedure
While landing and shortly before reporting a 2 mile right base as instructed by the tower; a Gulfstream passed to my left also on a right base for the same runway. The Gulfstream's position and speed was going to put both of our aircraft near the end of the runway at approximately the same time with an unsafe separation and expose my smaller aircraft to unsafe wake turbulence. I turned away from this developing risk without instructions from the tower. I reentered a right downwind as instructed by the tower and landed safely.
GA pilot reported executing a go-around on their own to avoid a possible wake turbulence encounter with a Gulfstream on approach to GRI.