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Old September 22nd 06, 03:44 PM posted to rec.aviation.ifr
Tim Auckland
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Default why is intercept altitude labeled "LOC only"?

On Thu, 21 Sep 2006 21:44:28 -0400, "Gary Drescher"
wrote:

In the NACO plate for ASH ILS 14, the GS intercept altitude (1800') is
labeled "LOC only". How can a GS intercept altitude apply to the LOC
approach and not to the ILS approach? Is this a charting error?

http://www.naco.faa.gov/d-tpp/0610/05036I14.PDF

--Gary


Good question. It'll be interesting to see what others say.

There are a couple of other oddities on this plate which struck me:

a) MUGGY is shown as an IAF, but the plate doesn't show how to locate
it. I'm assuming it's on the relevant low-altitude chart, but is
it common for plates to omit this information?

b) The procedure turn altitude is 1600 ft. above the intercept
altitude. The way I normally fly procedure turns (1-minute legs in a
C172) I'd have to do a substantial dive when procedure turn inbound to
get below the glide slope for intercept. Is this amount of altitude
difference common?

Tim.