Bob:
The question is, can a competent and current NVFR pilot climb to LSALT on instruments within a 3 NM radius of the departure airport? We are assuming the instruments are all serviceable and the pilot has a failure plan.
No. LSALT IS 6700 - 7300 FT. The radius available is less than about 1.5 miles from memory and Ozrunways.
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No night landings permitted. nearest strip,- my beauty in the next valley over about a 4000ft ridge. But no lights. Plan B is to somehow stay alive until about 0530 when you have a horizon
All he needed to do was wait30 - 40 minutes