Yes, he was cleared by the tower for the ILS 6 approach. But, it say's that weather improved in the holding pattern, then deteriorated once he began the next attempt to land. The report say's at some point the crew went visual. They were cleared for the ILS 06 approach again, but they must have had conditions good enough to go visual, so they made the decision based upon current conditions. They knew this airport well, and had done this approach and landed there many times. It looks as if the weather deteriorated below minimums for a visual approach. The runway has a precision approach path indicator, but it was out of service, this may have saved all of their lives. The airport needs to fix this instrument! At this point, if altimeter was not reset during a rapid change in pressure the crew could have been lower than the altimeter indicated. Since, they were going visual they lost the frame of reference, and had no back up reference to know their exact position. I,m guessing that once they realized where they were it was too late to go missed again. They were approaching very low, far away from the runway threshold to be on the ILS approach. It is not easy to fly missed approaches, especially in that type of aircraft. it is one of the most difficult procedures a pilot has to be prepared for. May God bless them all in His presence.
williebill says...
Yes, he was cleared by the tower for the ILS 6 approach. But, it say's that weather improved in the holding pattern, then deteriorated once he began the next attempt to land. The report say's at some point the crew went visual. They were cleared for the ILS 06 approach again, but they must have had conditions good enough to go visual, so they made the decision based upon current conditions. They knew this airport well, and had done this approach and landed there many times. It looks as if the weather deteriorated below minimums for a visual approach. The runway has a precision approach path indicator, but it was out of service, this may have saved all of their lives. The airport needs to fix this instrument! At this point, if altimeter was not reset during a rapid change in pressure the crew could have been lower than the altimeter indicated. Since, they were going visual they lost the frame of reference, and had no back up reference to know their exact position. I,m guessing that once they realized where they were it was too late to go missed again. They were approaching very low, far away from the runway threshold to be on the ILS approach. It is not easy to fly missed approaches, especially in that type of aircraft. it is one of the most difficult procedures a pilot has to be prepared for. May God bless them all in His presence.
On Report says weather played major part in plane crash
Posted 28 November 2014, 4:41 p.m. Suggest removal