"Sam Spade" wrote in message
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I doubt anyone knows whether he was using LOC or ILS minimuma.

The NTSB doesn't even understand the concepts:

"The ILS 36 has a minimum approach altitude of 376 feet above ground level
(AGL). The cloud ceiling was at 500 feet AGL. After the accident, the ILS
36 was taken out of service to be tested. It was flight checked on
December 24, 1997, with no anomalies found."

What does "minimum approach alitude" refer to?


It could only be an MDA.



What does "376 feet above ground level" refer to?


At the time of this accident 440 MSL was the MDA for the S-LOC 36, that's
376 feet above the TDZE of 64 feet.