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Old 29th Mar 2024, 01:19
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Originally Posted by Chiefttp
Just throwing this out there. The ILS to Rwy 4 at LGA has a note on the approach plate prohibiting auto-pilot coupled approaches. Hence the pilot was hand flying, which could explain why they got so far off the localizer course. Challenging weather for a hand flown approach. Hopefully the most experienced pilot was the one flying it.

Say what? There is no excuse for being so far off the localiser or G/S if you are flying manually.
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