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How much protection on approach?
How much protection do we have on an off-field VOR approach? I was
always under the impression that as long as the equipment was within tolerances for an airborne VOR receiver check (+/- 6 degrees) and the approach was flown to PTS tolerances (no more than 3/4 scale deflection) it was impossible to hit anything. I now know this is not necessarily true. The approach in question is the VOR-B to LVJ; the URL for the plate is http://www.myairplane.com/databases/...ral/LVJ_vB.pdf The long and the short of it is this. The Cat-A altitude minimum on the approach is 520 MSL; there is a 1200 ft MSL tower less than 4 nm South of the airport, and the FAC is 260. The VOR is 25.8 nm from the MAP, which is over the field. No matter how you slice it, that's less than 9 degrees off the FAC. 3/4 scale deflecion on a VOR is more than 7 degrees in itself. So what am I missing? Michael |
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