Originally Posted by
IO540
I think that, regarding making a mistake, there is a fair number of places one can get killed at. I am sure you will hit the ground on the Shoreham 20 for example if you step down one step too early. I once plotted that approach on the O/S 1:25k map and it was only a few hundred feet above the hill.
Shoreham is one I was thinking of with regard to the Stepdown risk. However, if a pilot maintains 200 feet above the published minima (as recommended for NPA - taking the point about the inability to enforce this), the OCA/MDA looks like 800 + 200 = 1000 recommended MDA. 5 miles early on the stepdown and you skate 140ft above what appears to be an antenna (however, if you are at the MDA still in clag why continue along lowdown, you might as well go missed. If you are not in the clag, then the visibility should be above 1800 m (which is VMC) so you the odds of impact are pretty low. This tower seems the highest thing on the chart.
Most of the approaches in the UK are like this. Pretty forgiving if you adopt the recommended higher minima.
Out of interest, any suggestions on the 'highest CFIT risk' approaches in the UK (i.e. where an error in lateral positioning or altitude holding creates a high CFIT risk )