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Thanks to everyone who replied. I had no idea I would touch off so much
passionate conversation, without a whole lot of consenus. I think I
know what I would do in the situation in the article, but I'll keep it
to myself. I'll just say that the exercise of good judgement is the
essence of piloting.

I did want to comment on the possibility of radio failure in a light
aircraft while everything else navigational continued to work. I think
it's very possible. COM antennas snapping off with ice on them, and
stuck ptt's, broken headset cords (combined with missing hand
microphones and/or broken overhead speakers) come to mind as just a
few.




The below paragraph is the essence of pilot judgment IMO Dave. The more one
flies, the more comfortable you can become with different situations,
including this one. Pilots flying frequently in IMC need to play stump the
dummy with their other pilot friends and read read read the CFRs and AIM to
know what they're gonna do when stuff like this happens. Good thread.

Jim

My opinion on whether being NORDO in IMC is an emergency or not is
simply that if you feel like you're in over your head, then that's an
emergency. Later, when you're on the ground, you can further consider
the point.

-- dave j