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PROFICIENCY
HAVE YOU
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AOPA APP?
THE CLIMB/DESCENT TABLE in the FAA's Terminal Procedures Supplement helps pilots
convert climb or descent gradients in feet per nautical mile to climb or descent rates in
feet per minute.
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when this chart is all one needs to understand the relationship among climb angle,
climb gradient, and climb rate?
The climb/descent table facilitates
descent planning. Determining the descent
rate that results in a given descent gradient on an instrument approach is
important. The Instrument Rating Airmen
Certification Standards (ACS) require that
a pilot reach the missed approach point at
an altitude between 0 and 100 feet above the
minimum descent altitude. Descending too
gradually may mean that you end up high
on the approach and needlessly perform a
missed approach procedure.
The VOR 36 approach into Shelbyville
Municipal Airport requires a descent angle
of 3.26 degrees after the final approach
fix, BOMAR. The balancing act is to use a
descent rate that results in a stable approach
but is high enough to get down close to the
minimum descent altitude by the missed
approach point. Assuming an approach
groundspeed of 100 knots, the climb/descent
table indicates that a descent rate of at least
584 fpm is necessary to arrive at the visual
descent point on this approach. I often ask
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that candidates shoot the Shelbyville VOR 36
as a circling approach, as one is required in
the ACS. Beyond the dangers of maneuvering at low altitude around an airport in poor
weather conditions, circling approaches tend
to involve tailwinds, and that means even
higher descent rates are necessary. With a
20-knot tailwind, the descent rate would be
at least 701 fpm between BOMAR and the
visual descent point.
Two mistakes I see frequently during
instrument rating practical exams both arise
from not connecting climb and descent rates
to climb and descent gradients correctly.
Without the paper approach plate books, the
climb/descent table takes an extra step to
find. I keep a laminated version of the table
on my kneeboard as well as in the Documents
section of my ForeFlight app. When planning a flight or briefing an approach, I like to
make the calculations quickly and accurately.
Thankfully, there is a chart for that. AOPA
CATHERINE CAVAGNARO owns Ace Aerobatic
School in Sewanee, Tennessee,
(www.aceaerobaticschool.com) and teaches
at Sewanee: The University of the South.
http://www.aceaerobaticschool.com
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