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[midlifeflyer]

To log an instrument approach you need to be in actual conditions for at least .1 hours from the beginning of the approach (IAF). Keep in mind the IAF when being vectored is the initial vector.

Rusty, can you give me the source of the ".1 after the IAF" or ".1 after beginning to receive vectors"? I thought I had read all the FAA-generated material on the subject, but I never heard of that one before.

I'd like to add it to my FAQ. It's a good one to continue the example of specific definitions not working. Take an airplane with a 120 KT approach speed that enters the clouds at upon intercepting the glideslope and then breaks out at minimums. Typical distance: 8 NM. Time in the clouds: 4 minutes. Not enough to log the approach under that definition.

 

[nosehair]

Keep in mind the IAF when being vectored is the initial vector.

...I never heard that one before, either. Read that somewhere?
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[NYCPilot]

What constitutes an instrument approach...(have fun reading this)http://forums.flightinfo.com/showthread.php?t=61751