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  • 14 CFR § 91.175 Takeoff and landing under IFR.

    Operations on unpublished routes and use of radar in instrument approach procedures. When radar is approved at certain locations for ATC purposes, it may be used not only for surveillance and precision radar approaches, as applicable, but also ... used in conjunction with instrument approach procedures predicated on other types of radio navigational aids. Radar vectors may be authorized to provide course guidance through the segments of an approach to the final course or fix. When operating…

  • 14 CFR § 91.1705 Required pilot training.

    engine inoperative landing with 5- and 20- degrees flaps; (xx) Crosswind landing; (xxi) Instrument landing system (ILS) and missed approach ; (xxii) Two engine missed approach; (xxiii) One engine inoperative ILS and missed approach; (xxiv) One engine inoperative missed approach ... precision and missed approach; (xxvi) Non-precision continuous descent final approach and missed approach; (xxvii) One engine inoperative non-precision and missed approach; (xxviii) One engine inoperative non-precision CDFA and missed approach; (xxix) Circling approach at weather minimums…

  • 14 CFR § 91.1069 Flight crew: Instrument proficiency check requirements.

    administered by the Administrator or an authorized check pilot. (c) No pilot may use any type of precision instrument approach procedure under IFR unless, since the beginning of the 6th month before that use, the pilot satisfactorily demonstrated that type ... approach procedure. No pilot may use any type of nonprecision approach procedure under IFR unless, since the beginning of the 6th month before that use, the pilot has satisfactorily demonstrated either that type of approach procedure or any other…

  • Chapter 17: Aeromedical Factors › Ground Lighting Illusions › How To Prevent Landing Errors Due to Optical Illusions

    along a straight path, such as a road or lights on moving trains, can be mistaken for runway and approach lights. Bright runway and approach lighting systems, especially where few lights illuminate the surrounding terrain, may create the illusion ... less distance to the runway. The pilot who does not recognize this illusion will often fly a higher approach. How To Prevent Landing Errors Due to Optical Illusions To prevent these illusions and their potentially hazardous consequences, pilots…

  • 14 CFR § 91.169 IFR flight plan: Information required.

    ceiling and visibility at that airport will be at or above the following weather minima: (1) If an instrument approach procedure has been published in part 97 of this chapter, or a special instrument approach procedure has been issued ... other than helicopters: The alternate airport minima specified in that procedure, or if none are specified the following standard approach minima: (A) For a precision approach procedure. Ceiling 600 feet and visibility 2 statute miles. (B) For a nonprecision approach…

  • 14 CFR Part 121, Appendix E to Part 121—Flight Training Requirements

    Missed approaches from ILS approaches | I, T, U, C (2) Other missed approaches | I, T, U, C. (3) Missed approaches that include a complete approved missed approach procedure | I, T, U, C. (4) Missed approaches that include a powerplant failure ... instrument approach | I | T, U, C (d) Crosswind landing, including crosswind landings with gusts if practicable under the existing meteorological, airport, and traffic conditions | I, T, U, C (e) Maneuvering to a landing with simulated powerplant failure, as follows…