ILS 34 @ FTW - Weather at minimums

[BH195829]

Top job on a nasty IFR DAY!

[Nonsenseatbay]

Talk about coming out of the murk. That's where you really earn your wings as a pilot.

[herbalnedtv]

Nicely done!

[mjkobb]

Wow! Seriously in the soup!  Nice job.

[mmerlet150]

you greased the landing...the best landings always come from a good stable approach...nice

[skipde]

Just curious, what is "hard IFR"? I know, I know........looks like you have an anxious CFI on board

[t6flyer2010]

Very nice flying dude especially on your ifr x-c. That was a great approach and a great landing!

[Tjita1]

That's smoother than most airliner landings. Thumbs up!

[combarbala]

Nice landing !

[miavec]

very nice cessna 172 @ FTW with KLN 94 it has to be American Flyers very good job !!!

[nickmed2009]

@miavec Actually it's N35387. Southeastern Oklahoma State University.

[XaircraftX]

Nice approach!

[AcepilotC172]

NICE APPROACH!!!! My Long IFR Cross Country, was almost ALL ACTUAL!

[sleadman1]

@AcepilotC172 sadly mine was almost all foggles...nearly 4 hours of that crap

[israola]

meacham :)

[Lsalt1]

Very cool mid way through my instrument rating currently and after years of vfr flying can't wait to do something liken that

[shooteraod]

very nice

[yohan01]

Man.. what a great experience.. What I like about this type of weather is, wind calm =D

[tzuchen2003]

very good landing and an exciting one too, i bet you guys were worried if you can have the airport in sight before you had to go missed. good job.

tx weather can be very unpredictable.

[RRlocoENGR]

I am not a pilot, and hope this is not a stupid question. Are you allowed to use autopilot to bring you down to minimums on ILS approaches? I thought you had to fly to minimums without autopilot.

[israola]

@RRlocoENGR well you can use the auto land just in the ILS CAT 3

[firstIanFaith]

I did my long to Daytona Beach to minimums, popped out right next to the race track, so cool that you got to record it!

[jsstechclub]

nice approach. cessna 172?

[nickmed2009]

Yup. 172R.

[IJariJuniorI]

great landing.

[lucabrasi1337]

Greased it, too. Nice job.

[fxdwings]

Nice work man. So awsome. I start my ifr training in two weeks. Psyched

[SGadd87]

Nice approach!

[nyyankees10389]

congratulations on the approach, job well done. even after the inner marker you stayed on the glideslope and localizer. did u go 100 below minimums because of the ALS or did you call runway in sight at minimums?

[nickmed2009]

I had the ALS right at and then the runway about 2 seconds after minimums. Since the video was shot from the back seat it's hard to appreciate what we could see from up front.

[ksa5223]

lmfao at the instructor "holy shit"

that sort of flying will put hairs on your chest

[Zdogs22]

Was your autopilot still engaged when your broke out of the fog or was it disengaged at that point?

[nickmed2009]

It was all hand flown; no AP in this plane.

[kingair81r]

Nice job

[pilotdude2k3]

This in Ft. Wayne IN?

[druick87]

think its fort worth, tx

[koman13]

nice! break out...wings level...on course...nice flare and touch down. you fly better than most pilots, private and professional!

[fxdwings]

Nicely done man. Props

[skysurfer0805]

im currently having instrument flight training in austria. it looked like a fun flight for you with a great landing at the end

[PRSpilot]

good stuff man

[michaelking42]

Nice vid, thanks for sharing!

[skipd2]

Ah yes....the infamous hand on the glare shield assisted approach.

[KLMPilot03]

which flight school?

[mitgolden76]

that is an incredible video. 200 foot ceiling is rediculous.. thats a rare training opportunity in actual imc like that.. 5 stars no doubt.

[morrisonak]

Great approach,

[shugacane]

Great Video- Post some more IFR approaches when you get a chance

[duk309]

Damn beautiful landing, where your knees shakin when you got out?

[mmichaeldonavon]

Hey, looked like a great job...but, minimums at 300 feet?? That, in a C-172 seems way low; am I wrong? Man, that seems so low, even for a "precision approach". Maybe down to , say, 400 or 500 feet. But, there just seems that there is now way an instructor would allow his student to "bust minimums". So, all you IFR qualified 172 drivers...is the 300 feet correct?

[nickmed2009]

If I recall correctly, the METAR when we were shooting the approach was saying it was at minimums for the approach, which was a 200 foot ceiling and 3/4 mile visibility (the visibility may have been more, I don't recall). No FARs were busted for this approach. The minimums for an approach are dictated by those on the approach plate and the speed at which you fly the approach. A C-172 (and most general aviation aircraft) fly slow enough to fall in Category A, the lowest available.

[nickmed2009]

And just for the record, as of January of 2007, I am an instrument rated pilot. ;-)

[mikeb172sp]

Congratulations! I can't wait until I finish my IFR training. Great approach. I just flew my first ILS last week, and for those of you that have never flown one, it looks easier than it is.

[amicizia123]

Hello, how many landings in meacham...as is alliance. I did my ATP at T67....hicks :-)

Ciao from ITALY

[nickmed2009]

Using an archived METAR directory, the weather at our approximate landing time was...

KFTW 191933Z 34004KT 1SM BR OVC002 09/09 A3020

So... we were legal to begin the approach. ;-)

[fogarty14]

That's some pretty ordinary weather. Is there a requirement for for the METAR or other report to be above a certain minima before commencing an approach? I'm not familiar with FARs as im in Australia, but our regulations only descibe an alternate minima for fuel planning. An approach may be commenced with 0 ceiling and vis as long as no minimums are broken. wether or not it will be successful.....

[mikeb172sp]

You can always take a look no matter what is reported, but you can not descend below the DA (precision approach) or MDA (non-precision approach) without the runway environment in sight. Once in site you can not perform any unusual maneuvers to make the runway e.g. dive to the runway. That is my understanding of it.. I am summarizing and there is more to it, but that is the basics.

[mmichaeldonavon]

Hey , thanks for the information. As a non IFR rated pilot, I really did get that whole situation wrong...that's why you are IFR rated and I'm not!! I'll just keep "driving" around in the daylight. thanks, m. donavon

[DjTronik]

mmmm Mufins

[JonBellew12]

I'm retarded it's meacham. AA still does work on their aircraft out there don't they?

[RangerPilot]

I believe AA does work at Alliance (AFW), not FTW.

[JonBellew12]

Wheres FTW? It'll probably come to me right after i post this

[Ignantredneck]

very nice job...beautiful landing.

[CruzinChris]

At :46 is the right seat-er wearing Blu-Blocker sunglasses?!?! "Those are the most amazing sunglasses I've ever seen"! :)

[jonbirge]

Beautiful approach. An autopilot wouldn't have done any better.

[asteinmetz79]

Nice landing, I epecially like the perfect little stall horn on the flare to top it all off

[balbriggancc]

This Vid is Cool. I cant wait to do my IR Great Video and Great Landing. V Impressive

[ckmreynolds]

Just always make sure you're ready to go missed in a situation like this. I haven't shot an approach to completion at minimums but I have gotten to 200ft with OVC002 1SM being reported and saw nothing, nada, no lights no nothing. So "minimums" being reported on ATIS is a crapshoot maybe that 200ft is really 150ft maybe it's 250ft makes a big difference! ;-) Chris - PP-ASEL/IA.

[nickmed2009]

Later in the day we did have to go missed on a VOR/DME approach. Got down to the MDA and couldn't see a thing.

Gotta love flying. :-)

[SevenFiveSevenCrazy]

Nothing like it!..And to have landings in situations like these, just puts the cherry on top!..

[malametal]

dude, awesome video ! i´m going to do the same things that you did to get your IFR license...but i live in brazil . but , nice jobe man !

[balbriggancc]

Excellent stuff

[BeechSundowner]

Best kinda training one can get.  I had an instructor who did the same and took me to ILS minimums and first time out 500 foot ceilings were a walk in the park. Great landing too!

[PIPER338]

That's what it's all about, Monarch or Flyers?

[nickmed2009]

Neither. I did my training with Southeastern Oklahoma State University. It's hard to beat $88/hour wet for a 172R.

[PIPER338]

Thats were I am going in August Chocktaw 3rd floor!

[lorddingo555]

nice video. Good flying too

[jmr604]

I love those kinds of approaches

[capceo]

Nope. Any instructor with 1/2 a brain in their heads will not even let you use your GPS during IFR training. its all about VOR navigation.

[jmr604]

What about GPS approved for IFR and GPS approaches.. you need IFR GPS training too.. wouldn't want to be stuck trying to do an GPS approach and never used the GPS before.

[notar1]

Thinking about get my IFr ratting . is it all gps now or what?

[flight10]

great landing!

[Pattyboy10]

Lol , if DH of MDA was 300' you busted minimums :)

Also check ma video's

[nickmed2009]

The DH for the approach is 200, which is what the ATIS was broadcasting when we came down. All I know is that when the DME showed 1.1 and I transitioned from instruments to visual, the approach lights were right where they were supposed to be. ;-)

[Pattyboy10]

You flew that approach well then! I remember my first ILS approaches, under the hood, were 1 radial, either to the left or right at some times. Right now I got it all under my knee, its just important that you keep your eyes on the instruments, and not pannick.

Also DH isnt given in the ATIS, its givin in the charts, maybe sometimes they also give it in ATIS, could be!

Cheers

[nickmed2009]

I just meant that the ceiling was 200' and the visibility was 1/2 mile, per the ATIS. ;-)

[DynamiteDanmah]

Fantastic Landing, bet you were thinking.. the runway should be HERE, where is it?... ahh there it is. phew.

[athenscap]

Great Video & a Great job. Broke out at minimums, right on the localizer, Landed on the centerline with the stall horn blaring. Perfect approach & landing as far as I could tell.

Was your right-seat passenger surprised by the marker beacon? It looked like it startled him.

[nickmed2009]

The beeping is actually the GPS giving an audible warning that we're going below 300' AGL, and the guy in the right seat was my instructor. He was looking for any signs of the runway environment. ;-)

[bodybager]

If you flipped that runway on it's side, one edge would be on the ground and the other would be darn near in the clouds. Minimums alright!

[JMScheib]

Good job!

[awseft]

I'm a CFII and just did my first approach to mins into FTY. 1 SM vis and overcast 300. I broke out and didn't see the lights till mins. Awesome experience but I was too busy flying to record it. :D

[veracityohaney]

The technical term for that is "Greaser". Nicely done!

[djmastermind]

Absolutely perfect! Excellent approach and great landing. I applaud. I still haven't had the pleasure of having a hard IFR approach to minimums.. only to about 500 above min's.

[damiencaz]

great landing man.

[miahroggio]

Awesome!

[joecatsean]

That was cool.

[skellmed]

looks scary - nice landing

[Dansnov1086]

Very Nice.