Did I violate an FAR?

Anonymous coward #673 wrote:
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Roy Smith wrote:

Anonymous coward #673 wrote:

Anonymous cowards are only allowed to post on slashdot :-)
More than likely, your clearance was something like "Cleared XYZ approach,
maintain VFR at all times". He's providing your IFR separation, but you're
operating under VFR (i.e. must maintain VFR weather minimia).

I'm pretty sure the wording was "N miles from GINNA, cleared for the VOR
runway 26 approach." He did NOT say "maintain VFR" which is why I
responded that I WANTED to do it VFR and he responded that I HAD to be
"in the system". The phraseology was ambiguous all around.

That is a VFR clearance. An IFR clearance would be
"cleared to the XYZ airport via the GINNA, .....". If he didn't say
"cleared to the xyz airport" then you were NOT IFR.

-Robert, CFII