Is the phrase "going missed" standard in the US? The use of the phrase "going around" is specified by ICAO Doc 4444 as the phrase to use when we're aborting the landing and heading for


another lap in the traffic pattern if we're on a visual or VFR approach, or
the appropriate missed approach procedure if we're on an instrument approach


However, in the US, I often hear the pilot saying "going missed" when breaking off an instrument approach. Is this standard phraseology in the US, or another one of those non-standard phrases which have gained footing? The 7110.65 only mentions the instruction "go around" (which incidentally is analogous, traffic pattern if visual, missed approach if on instruments), but doesn't say anything about the appropriate pilot phraseology. I couldn't find any reference in the AIM (chapter 4 section 2) either.

(I also often hear just "missed approach", which I suppose would be appropriate when checking back in with approach, but not with the tower, although feel free to clarify that for me as well)
According to the Pilot/Controller Glossary (the closest thing to "regulatory" documentation regarding phrases pilots are supposed to use on the radio) there is no GOING MISSED - there is GO AROUND as an ATC instruction (and by analog GOING AROUND as a pilot's response or notification to ATC to inform them the pilot is doing so), which covers both VFR and IFR operations:


  GO AROUND −
  Instructions for a pilot to abandon his/her approach to landing. Additional instructions may follow. Unless otherwise advised by ATC, a VFR aircraft or an aircraft conducting visual approach should overfly the runway while climbing to traffic pattern altitude and enter the traffic pattern via the crosswind leg. A pilot on an IFR flight plan making an instrument approach should execute the published missed approach procedure or proceed as instructed by ATC; e.g., “Go around” (additional instructions if required).


(There is also an IFR-specific EXECUTE MISSED APPROACH in there.)



GOING MISSED is not proper/correct phraseology (though much like "tally one" or "got 'em" in place of "traffic in sight" it will generally be understood by ATC - probably with about the same grinding of teeth as the other two phrases get).  

Informing ATC (tower or approach) that you are executing a missed approach by simply saying N12345, Missed Approach is correct phraseology however:


  MISSED APPROACH−
  a. …
  b. A term used by the pilot to inform ATC that he/she is executing the missed approach.
  c. …


and is probably what should be used in place of "Going Missed".