Descending from MEA to land under VFR

On Mar 2, 7:54 pm, "kevmor" wrote:
In the regulations it says that you can land at an airport without an
IAP if you descend from the MEA and land under VFR, but if there is a
MOCA, can you use that instead?

What regulation are you referring to?

I'm not sure of the regulation, I've just read it in several places
studying for the instrument oral...

Are you thinking about 91.169 (c) (2), where it states that if your
alternate airport does not have an IAP, the ceiling and visibility
have to allow from a descent from MEA approach and landing under basic
VFR in order to be a valid alternate? It is the only place in the regs
where I remember seeing a phrase like that....

"kevmor" wrote in message
ps.com...

I'm not sure of the regulation, I've just read it in several places
studying for the instrument oral...


The only place in Part 91 I'm aware of with language similar to what you
wrote is § 91.169(c)(2), but that has to do with filing an IFR flight plan,
not the actual operation of the aircraft.


§ 91.169 IFR flight plan: Information required.
(c) IFR alternate airport weather minima. Unless otherwise authorized by the
Administrator, no person may include an alternate airport in an IFR flight
plan unless appropriate weather reports or weather forecasts, or a
combination of them, indicate that, at the estimated time of arrival at the
alternate airport, the ceiling and visibility at that airport will be at or
above the following weather minima:

(2) If no instrument approach procedure has been published in part 97 of
this chapter and no special instrument approach procedure has been issued by
the Administrator to the operator, for the alternate airport, the ceiling
and visibility minima are those allowing descent from the MEA, approach, and
landing under basic VFR.