OK, now I admit to being confused.

I read the chart as 'the MDA is 1120 unless equipped with dme or receiving
radar advisories so that CULVE can be indentified, in which case the MDA is
680.' The asterisk next to the 1120 is, I believe, indicating that the MDA
is 1120 unless (see the other half of the asterisk below) DME or Radar
equipped, inwhich case it is 680. With DME I do not see a requirement to
stay at 1120 to CULVE and THEN descend to 680. Rather, I believe it says I
can descend to 680 (with DME) once I pass BEVEY.

I also do not agree with the statement "You cannot descend below 1120 prior
to CULVE
even if you see the runway unless you either cancel, get a contact
approach, or a visual approach.". 91.175 clearly states that I can descend
below MDA when I have the runway environment (lightts, etc) in sight. No
restrictions on when I can begin a descent below MDA. Were there a VDP,
different situation, but no VDP on this approach.

So I stand by what I said earlier. I can be at 680 BEFORE CULVE, AND, if I
have the runway environment, I can be below 680 even earlier.

I also reserve the right to be wrong

"B" wrote in message ...
pgbnh wrote:

I think all but one of the posters have missed the fact that the MDA is
not 1120 but 680. If indeed the vis was 3 miles, then the runway should
have been in sight from the MDA of 680 feet about a mile OUTSIDE of
Culve. (Remember what you can do once you have the runway in sight????)
At which point it's not a particularly big deal to lose 500 feet to land
on the numbers. Maybe even crossing Culve at 3-400 feet agl.
"Hamish Reid" wrote in message
...

The MDA is 1120 unless you have DME. If you have DME then the MDA is 680
once you pass CULVE. You cannot descend below 1120 prior to CULVE even if
you see the runway unless you either cancel, get a contact approach, or a
visual approach.

Having said that, when the weather is good, folks who know the airport
descend out of 1120 on the 4 degree PAPI. But, sometimes it is 600 and 1
around there.