Completing the Non-precision approach as a Visual Approach

"Marco Leon" mleon(at)optonline.net wrote in message
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I thought the whole reason for a steep-as-reasonable descent profile
during
a non-precision approach was so that if the airport/runway environment is
in
sight before the MAP, you can take advantage of it and land. If you are
forced to fly not a foot lower to the missed, then therefore you can not
take advantage of the early sighting of the airport. In other words, after
arriving at the MDA and you have the runway environment in sight AND you
see
you're about to enter the cloud bases again, then you therefore "must"
enter
the cloud bases because you're not at the MAP yet? Then the only way to
descend is to request and get cleared for a Contact Approach?

Check out 91.175(b)(1). It all depends on your interpretation of "normal
rate of descent" and "normal maneuvers." Only you know if you're making
normal flight maneuvers or "ducking under" and the only way we'll know if
you were ducking under is if somebody peels you off the side of a hill.

Mat

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Matthew Waugh
Comm. SEL MEL, CFI-AI
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