circling approach terrain clearance

[Cargo69]

during a circling approach what terrain clearance are you guaranteed? any help would be appreciated.

 

[146guy]

300 feet pops into me brain. i'm sure somebody will quickly correct me though with a terps answer.

 

[Spooky 1]

300 feet pops into me brain. i'm sure somebody will quickly correct me though with a terps answer.

I'll vote on 250' for terrain clearance.

 

[Cargo69]

circling app terrain clnc

i saw the 300' in "everything explained for the prof pilot", but can't find it in the regs anywhere and does the 300' work for all app categories?

 

[Spooky 1]

Looking at some data for TAWS it would appear that 300' is a terminal number and 250' relates to an approach value. In my past life we set the RA at 250' for all non-precision approaches so that is probably where I am getting my info from. This is a good question and given a little more time I will see what I can find in the TERPS.

 

[minitour]

i saw the 300' in "everything explained for the prof pilot", but can't find it in the regs anywhere and does the 300' work for all app categories?

re the categories. I'd think so...isn't it 1.3nm for cat A and increasing from there? higher MDA for higher categories...

-mini

 

[ifleyelearz]

All categories (A-E) is 300'. At least it is for military folk, so I'm sure its the same.

 

[Kenny]

Minimum clearance on the final approach segment is 300'. It's in the TERPS

 

[A Squared]

300 feet pops into me brain. i'm sure somebody will quickly correct me though with a terps answer.

TERPS answer: yep, you're right. paragraph 260(b) "Obstacle clearance, a minimum of 300 feet of obstacle clearence shall be provided in the circling approach area."

 

[Cargo69]

circling app

thanks for all the input helped out a lot