Can someone help me here?
Where does it say in the ANO that a private pilot, with IR or IMCR, cannot use any method he likes to approach and land at an airfield/farm strip in IMC?
Where is the requirement to only use an approved approach procedure?
Last year a 2000hr PPL/IR was flying me into a licenced FISO airfield with no published instrument approach. He got info on the runway in use, etc., and that the circuit was clear, cloud 600ft broken. All he did was to set the runway bearing on his 430, intercept the line at 1000ft at 3nm to go, and then descend using the 430 as if he was on a LOC/DME approach. Of course, at 600ft, there was the runway dead ahead.
Please can someone point to where it says that this was not legal?
The ANO Instrument Flight Rules seem to say only that you may not be lower than 1000ft from any obstacle within 5 NM, except for the purposes of landing or taking off. No mention there of approved procedure, ATC, licenced airfield etc.