When do you consider it OK to fly below mins on an instrument approach w/o having visual contact with the runway environment?

April 24, 2012, 4:45 PM

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Whenever I feel it is worth the risk to fly for a few more seconds or a few feet lower to get a better view of the runway.

Only at airports where I am intimately familiar with the layout of the runways, obstacles and weather patterns.

Only in a declared emergency, such as low on fuel, and there is no other possible alternative except to continue the approac

Never.

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