Whats up guys,
quick question on descent from MDA on a circling approach. Ive been doing research on this and am getting tons of different answers. Since the FARs allow for descent from MDA when the aircraft is in a position to land with a normal descent rate, has the required in flight visibility, and has the runway in sight, can you begin the circling descent whenever you want? I don't see why it would break any regs to descend on downwind, if thats how you normally fly a pattern and you're maintaining visual obstacle clearance.
quick question on descent from MDA on a circling approach. Ive been doing research on this and am getting tons of different answers. Since the FARs allow for descent from MDA when the aircraft is in a position to land with a normal descent rate, has the required in flight visibility, and has the runway in sight, can you begin the circling descent whenever you want? I don't see why it would break any regs to descend on downwind, if thats how you normally fly a pattern and you're maintaining visual obstacle clearance.