Instrument Progress Eval

Question 1

What are two ways to file an IFR flight plan?

Answer 1

1. Through Foreflight

2. 1800wxbrief.com

Question 2

What are the minimum takeoff weather requirements to depart our airport?

Answer 2

a. Go to Foreflight, then procedure, then airport, then “Takeoff MNMS”
- At KMMU -
- Rwy 05 - 1/4 mile visibility
- Rwy 23 - 1/4 mile visibility w/ minimum climb of 460’/NM to 700’
- Rwy 13 - 1/4 mile visibility w/ minimum climb of 230’/NM to 500’
- Rwy 31 - 400’ ceiling, 1 3/8 mile visibility

Question 3

What visual references, if distinctly visible and identifiable to you the pilot, allow you to descend below published minimums?
a. Aside from a visual approach, what else must be true to operate below minimums?

Answer 3

100’ ABOVE TDZE:
- Approach lighting system
TO LAND:
- Approach lighting system’s red terminating bars or red side row bars
- Runway, runway markings, or runway lights
- Threshold, threshold markings, or threshold lights
- Touchdown zone, touchdown zone markings, or touchdown zone lights
- VASI/PAPI
- REIL

a. - You must be able to make a descent to landing on the intended runway using normal maneuvers and a normal descent rate
- The visibility must meet or exceed the minimums published for the approach

Question 4

Is there a departure procedure for this airport?

a. Where do you find these (at least 2 sources)
b. Brief a DP we would use for our airport.
c. How do you load that DP into your GPS?
d. When would you be required to use this DP?
e. What climb gradient is required for this departure? How would you convert that to a ft/min climb rate?.

Answer 4

Yes, the Morristown 7 departure
a. 1. Foreflight -> KMMU -> procedure
2. IFR Take-Off Minimums and Departure Procedures Section, Section C, of
the TPP. Graphic DPs are depicted in the Terminal Procedures Publication following the
approach procedures for the airport.
b.
c. Enter flight plan to destination and route if applicable, then procedure, select departure
d. You are only required to follow a DP if ATC assigns it to you and you accept.
e. Dependent on the runway (look on DP plate). Ft/min = Ft/NM * GS / 60

Question 5

If there is no published DP or takeoff minimums, when should we turn on course? What climb gradient is required?

Answer 5

400’ above the departure end of the runway (DER)

200ft/min climb gradient

Question 6

Is there a STAR for our destination airport?

a. Where do you find these? (at least 2 sources)
b. Find a STAR that we would use for our destination airport and brief it.
c. How do you load that STAR into your GPS?

Answer 6

Yes, the Wilkes Barre 4 Arrival

a. 1. Foreflight then KMMU then procedure then arrival
2. Also available on the TPP
3. Subscription from the National Aeronautical Charting Office
b.
c. Enter the flight plan, then procedure, then enter arrival?

Question 7

What are some different types of non-precision approaches?

Answer 7

Localizer
VOR
LNAV
RNAV/RNP  to LNAV or LP minimums
NDB - Non-Directional Beacon
LDA - Localizer-type Directional Aid
SDF - Simplified Directional Facility
ASR - Approach Surveillance Radar

Question 8

How do you fly a DME arc?

Answer 8

• Set the nav to the DME frequency (G1000 does this automatically?)
• Intercept the inbound radial, then turn to intercept the arc
• Stay within the assigned DME distance as you travel around the arc “turn 10, twist 10”

Question 9

What are the different types of precision approaches?

Answer 9

ILS - Instrument Landing System
GLS - GBAS Landing System
MLS - Microwave Landing System
PAR - Precision Approach Radar
TLS - Transponder Landing System

Question 10

How do you know whether the GPS on this aircraft is (or is not) equipped with WAAS?

Answer 10

Navigate to the AUX Chapter and then to the GPS Status page. If there is an SBAS softkey on the bottom of the MFD, your G1000 is equipped with WAAS/SBAS.

The satellites visible will also have a D in the signal strength column as well.

Question 11

Regarding circling approaches:

a. How close or far should you be from the runway while circling?
b. What obstacle clearance are you guaranteed while circling?
c. How would you execute a missed approach from a circling approach, and when would you be required to go missed?

Answer 11

a. For category A aircraft, 1.3 miles from the runway threshold (that you plan to land on)
b. 300’
c. Once you’re going missed, if not on the published final approach course, gradually re-intercept the missed approach course. Make sure to always turn in the direction of the landing runway to make sure you stay within the obstacle clearance area. If you level off at MDA and reach the missed approach point, or if when circling, you re-enter the clouds and lose sight of the runway, you must immediately begin a missed approach.

Question 12

When are you required to file an alternate on an IFR flight plan?

a. Why might you be required to file an alternate on a perfectly clear VFR day?
b. How do you determine an airport’s alternate minimums?
c. If you divert to your alternate, what weather minimums do you use on the approach - the alternate minimums or minimums on the IAP?
d. Can you use an alternate with no IAP as an alternate?

Answer 12

You are always required to file an alternate, unless:

• An IAP is published and available for the destination, and…
• 1-2-3 rule:
• For at least 1 hour before to 1 hour after ETA, the ceiling will be at least 2000’ with 3 SM visibility
  a. When 1 of the above rules isn’t met.
  b. The alternate minimums, which are:
• At the ETA:
• Precision approach - 600’ ceiling and 2 SM visibility
• Non-precision approach - 800’ ceiling and 2 SM visibility
  c. Yes, as long as you can descend from MEA to land under basic VFR minimums

Question 13

What are some reasons not to fly into IMC, even if you are instrument rated?

Answer 13

Icing conditions, turbulence, convective activity, proficiency in flying in IMC, traffic avoidance in some areas.