paul kgyy wrote:
I'm curious what Instrument Rated members of this group use for
personal minimums for takeoff and landing for single engine aircraft.

The question is prompted by a recent flight where the takeoff
conditions were 200 ft + 1 mile. That's lower than I've ever done
before, and it occurred to me that if I had any significant engine
problems, it was all over unless I was extremly lucky.


I'll take off in that if there's improved weather nearby. I will never take off
with that if that describes the entire route of flight.... I prefer about 600
feet and 3/4 miles. Otherwise it's a sucker's bet.

Frankly, around here you're pretty much screwed anyway if you have problems
immediately after takeoff as there's really no where to land but on someone's
house. But WTH; you can't live your life in fear.

I used to fly in and out of KCLT Monday through Friday in the early AM flying
either a Lance or a Geronimo conversion Apache. Some days I sat on the ground
waiting for the visibility to improve to legal minimums. Pretty much the second
it did I took off, knowing the weather at KRDU was going to be improved by the
time I got there. Sometimes it was a bit dicey but I always got in.



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Mortimer Schnerd, RN
mschnerdatcarolina.rr.com