In article et,
"Steven P. McNicoll" wrote:

"Dave S" wrote in message
nk.net...

Go missed. Climb and re-establish radio contact. Re-do the approach and
while still in contact with approach, request a contact approach.. or
cancel IFR and request a special VFR clearance.


Roy said there's no weather reporting at this location. That rules out a
contact approach and SVFR.

Yes, I know both the Contact and SVFR were unavailable. On the other hand,
people were flying around VFR. I know my original statement of "assume
it's 2-1/2 miles where you are" eliminated VFR from the list of legal
alternatives, but for all I know, it really was 3 or 4 miles.

I could have gone missed, gotten back in contact with ATC, cancelled IFR,
and then proceeded back to the airport VFR. But that seems totally
pointless.

What if I hadn't asked you to assume it was 2-1/2 miles? The rest stays
the same, ATIS at several airports in the area reporting variously 2-1/2,
3, and 4 miles. Lacking an official report, the best I can say is "an
honest evaluation of flight visibility by the pilot could have reasonably
been said to be 3 miles".