IFR Cancellation Question

Ron Rosenfeld wrote in
:

Once I get a visual on my airport (KMBO - uncontrolled), I do cancel IFR
as soon as I can.


Perhaps you should reconsider and not cancel IFR until you are legal for
VFR. There have been plenty of times when I've had a "visual" on my
airport, but not been legal VFR.
Ron (EPM) (N5843Q, Mooney M20E) (CP, ASEL, ASES, IA)

Ahh, yes, I probably should have said when VFR, I cancel as soon as I can
:-)

Though to be honest, I have never encountered your situation where I was
able to even think about cancelling IFR, as less then one mile viz from the
airport or ceilings lower then 1000 feet is pretty crummy conditions to
even consider cancelling IFR in the air. I certainly won't cancel while I
am in the pattern as at that point, what's a few minutes more for the
airplane behind me.

The 3 or 4 times I have gone to minimums at my airport (1 mile viz and 900
ceilings on a VOR Alpha), last thought on my mind was "communicate" Aviate
and Navigate were first and foremost. I just wait and cancel via CD or FSS
if necessary as soon as I can after cleaning up the plane and am cleared
the runway.

I have read cases where a pilot has cancelled IFR in less then VFR
conditions only to meet up with FSDO personell after landing....

Allen