NTSB Preliminary report on HPN crash

"J Haggerty" wrote in message
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Matt Whiting wrote:

To show him what an instrument approach looks like? If the instructor
was qualified and current, this shouldn't have been a problem. Descending
below minimums is the problem, it doesn't matter who is flying or who is
in the right seat.

Matt

He may not have been far from his minimums if he was flying the ILS. DA
for the ILS was 639 MSL, and based on the accident report, combined with
terrain elevations north of the approach end, and 75' tree height, he may
have impacted the tree at about 610 MSL. This would have been possible if
he was below glideslope, and then initiated go-around at his DA (DH). He
would have had some height loss expected before the aircraft responded.

But he was still a mile out when he crashed. Well above the DA, he'd have to
have been fully below the glideslope, which calls for an immediate
missed-approach execution. The DA has no relevance in that situation.

--Gary