A significant shift has occurred in non-precision approach philosophy, moving from the "dive and drive" method (steep descent to MDA then leveling off) to the FAA's current standard of a ...
A Constant Angle Non-Precision Approach (CANPA) is a technique for non-precision approaches that involves maintaining a continuous, constant-angle descent from the Final Approach Fix (FAF) to the ...
Changing operational procedures for environmental reasons is valid, but only if risk analysis is applied to the methods proposed Now is the time for a serious review of precisely how the world - but ...
Re non-precision approaches, my contention is much simpler than Andreas Jacobs imagines (Letters, Flight International, 4-10 June). Statistically, non-precision approaches are high on the list of ...
On a stormy November night, American Airlines Flight 1572 descended below minimum altitude during a non precision approach. With rapidly falling pressure and incorrect altimeter settings, the aircraft ...
Think of an SMS program as active safety management. Credit: designer491/Alamy Stock Photo In November 2015, a chartered Hawker 700 stalled and crashed while on a non-precision approach to Akron, Ohio ...
A Cessna Citation crashed early on Saturday morning, killing all on board, while flying a second non-precision approach in early morning fog. A Cessna Citation II crashed early on Saturday morning, ...