Missed Approach - P-3050105

INSTRUMENT FLIGHT RULES WORKBOOK

CHAPTER THREE

313. MISSED APPROACH

Obstacle clearance for missed approach procedures is based on the assumption that the missed

approach is initiated at the missed approach point and at an altitude not lower than the MDA or

DH. No consideration is made for an early turn. Therefore, when an early missed approach is

executed, pilots should, unless otherwise cleared by ATC, fly the instrument approach procedure

as specified on the approach plate to the missed approach point at or above the MDA or DH

before executing a turning maneuver.

When an approach has been missed, a pilot should request clearance for a specific action. For

example, a pilot may request clearance for another approach or request clearance to the alternate

airport.

*Answers:

1. 226 200

2. 222 200

3. 223 200

314. APPROACH PLATES

Definition

An Instrument Approach Procedure is a series of predetermined maneuvers for the orderly

transfer of an aircraft under instrument flight conditions from the beginning of the initial

approach to a landing, or to a point from which a landing may be made visually, or the missed

approach procedure is initiated.

The procedures for most approaches (with the exception of radar approaches) will be found in

the white pages of the Approach Plates. Approach Plates (labeled "DOD Flight Information

Publication (Terminal))" are published in fifteen booklets every eight weeks. At the four-week

midpoint, a Terminal Change Notice (TCN) is published which contains revisions, additions, and

deletions to the last complete issue of the Approach Plates. A pilot should never use an

Approach Plate that is out of date; after the four-week point in the cycle, the current TCN must

be checked. View the front and back of your Vol. 15.

Inside the front cover of every volume of the Approach Plates are legends which should be

studied thoroughly. An explanation of terms such as DH, MDA, HAT, and HAA should be fully

understood. Each volume also contains an index of instrument approaches listed alphabetically

by airport.

Other essential information found in every volume of the Low Altitude Approach Plates includes

the rate of descent table (inside back cover), special IFR takeoff minimums, and departure

procedures for selected airfields. These special departure procedures are established to assist

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