NTSB Preliminary report on HPN crash

"Judah" wrote in message
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"Gary Drescher" wrote in
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Just a point of terminology--2000' is the minimum altitude there, but
it's not the MSA. The MSA there is 2900', and wouldn't be relevant.
(As is often the case, the FAA has violated a cardinal rule of clear
naming: when two names are similar, the difference between them should
reflect the difference in their meanings. The MSA differs from the
minimum altitude not with regard to being safe, but with regard to
applying when off-course.)

A valid point. The MSA for the northeastern region within 25 NM is
2900', though the published minimum allowable (and presumably safe)
altitude while flying the ILS inside Faran is 2000'. Is there a name for
that published altitude?

The NACO approach-plates legend just calls it the "minimum altitude".

--Gary