20110729 ILS 13 KACY

This is my approach into Atlantic City, NJ (KACY). The controller gave me a "slam dunk" which put me in an interesting position. One of my passengers was experiencing her first flight in a small plane and I wanted to take care in the descent, but I was vectored onto the localizer past the glideslope intercept point and I didn't want to set up a descent much greater than 750-1000fpm. Even at 1000fpm, though, I was staying above the slope.

In the end, it turned out well enough. Having 2 miles of runway gives you options and I simply landed long to allow a steady descent and smooth landing.

Weather: 18006KT 10SM FEW080 26/23 A2997

...but that was obviously incorrect.

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• aviation
• flight
• flying
• airplane
• cessna
• skylane
• C182
• N2871R
• day
• IFR
• IMC
• kacy