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Comment on Taking Control at 150 Feet by Sylvia

Sylvia — Sat, 18 May 2013 16:48:54 +0000

OH! Now I see! And you are right, I do use the wrong term repeatedly. Thank you for that, I hadn’t realised at all.

Edit: Now fixed in the above post.

Comment on Taking Control at 150 Feet by Brent

Brent — Sat, 18 May 2013 16:36:34 +0000

Sorry I got carried away and never got to the point. In the post, the phrase “minimum decision altitude” is used instead of “minimum descent altitude”

Comment on Taking Control at 150 Feet by Sylvia

Sylvia — Sat, 18 May 2013 16:32:22 +0000

I agree completely with your description – but I’m not sure what the correction is? I might be getting word blind…

Comment on Taking Control at 150 Feet by Brent

Brent — Sat, 18 May 2013 16:05:02 +0000

I appreciate your accident analysis posts, and I’m half way through your book on the topic. I would like to point out one possible correction though. I suppose it could be different elsewhere, but in the U.S. at least, the MDA found on non-precision approaches like VOR/DME is the Minimum Descent Altitude. This can be contrasted with the Decision Altitude (DA) found on precision approaches like ILS. The distinction is that precision approaches provide exact vertical guidance all the way down, as opposed to the step down vertical guidance on non-precision approaches. As you point out, if you reach the MDA on a non-precision approach and don’t have the appropriate visual contact, you needn’t decide right that moment to go around; you can stop descending and continue as far as the MAP before a go around. However, if you reach the DA on an ILS, you have also reached the missed approach point, so you have to decide to go around or land right at that moment.

Comment on We’re still at 2,000 feet, right? Eastern Air Lines Flight 401 by Fear of Landing » Six Exclamations You Never Want to Hear in the Cockpit

Fear of Landing » Six Exclamations You Never Want to Hear in the Cockpit — Fri, 10 May 2013 20:31:38 +0000

[...] You can read the details of the accident here: Eastern Air Lines Flight 401 [...]

Comment on “Where’s that Guy Going?” Runway Incursion at Dublin by Fear of Landing » Six Exclamations You Never Want to Hear in the Cockpit

Fear of Landing » Six Exclamations You Never Want to Hear in the Cockpit — Fri, 10 May 2013 20:31:09 +0000

[...] You can read the full analysis of the incident here: Runway Incursion at Dublin [...]

Comment on Can a Citation Do Belly Rolls in the Dark? by Fear of Landing » Six Exclamations You Never Want to Hear in the Cockpit

Fear of Landing » Six Exclamations You Never Want to Hear in the Cockpit — Fri, 10 May 2013 18:44:16 +0000

[...] There’s a full blog post about the accident and German prerliminary report here: Can a Citation Do Belly Rolls in the Dark? [...]

Comment on We’ve Lost the Cabin: Southwest Flight 812 by Fear of Landing » Six Exclamations You Never Want to Hear in the Cockpit

Fear of Landing » Six Exclamations You Never Want to Hear in the Cockpit — Fri, 10 May 2013 18:44:01 +0000

[...] final report has yet to be released but you can read my post written at the time here: We’ve Lost the Cabin: Southwest Flight 812. The preliminary report is here: Accident Investigations – NTSB – Rapid Decompression [...]

Comment on Cross Country Solo (Part One) by Fear of Landing » FAA Approved?

Fear of Landing » FAA Approved? — Thu, 09 May 2013 09:22:16 +0000

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Comment on Unfit to Fly by Fear of Landing » FAA Approved?

Fear of Landing » FAA Approved? — Thu, 09 May 2013 09:15:17 +0000

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