"Viperdoc" wrote:
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I have never encountered this before even in a busy radar
environment- is this a common controller technique for arrivals?

Well, it's common at least in the Houston terminal area.

Besides, the star did not list my destination airport as one of
the transitions, although a nearby navaid is the IAP for several
approaches.

When I used to land at EYQ in Houston, I'd get the Trinity 1 arrival
every time, even though EYQ is not depicted on the STAR plate.


Since my last clearance was the star into the class c airport, if I
had gone
nordo, would I have been expected to fly to the class C airport listed
in
the star and do an approach , or should I do an approach to my
destination,
even if not listed in the star?

If you were cleared to the destination airport via the STAR, you should
fly the STAR, shoot an approach (if in IMC) and land. Don't do this if
you're a hundred miles out, though. The consensus of controllers and
instructors I have talked to is that a NORDO IFR aircraft is a major
pain in the airspace: ATC wants you to land as expeditiously as
possible.
--
Dan
C172RG at BFM