Scenario: You’re in a C172 in complete IMC. You arrive at the destination 30 minutes early from your ETA and have no radios. Do you just descent and shoot an approach right away, or do you hold somewhere at altitude and wait?
Clearance is this:
C: KFLG
R: PXR, V327, FLG
A: 12,000
F: 123.7
T: 4241
I’ve heard various answers to this question (Maybe 91.185 is too vague?). Things such as;
1) hold at an IAF until the ETA, then shoot an approach.
2) hold at a charted hold from an approach plate (such as a missed approach hold) until the ETA, then shoot an approach.
3) Just proceed immediately to an IAF, descend, and shoot the approach 30 min early..
So what do you think would be the legal answer? 91.185 seems clear, but I’ve heard multiple CFI-I’s and DPE’s give different answers…
