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Low approach clearance - minimum altitude included?
So, as I put in the title:
Do you specifiy some kind of altitude minimum when issuing low approach (or low pass) clearance? For example: cleared for low approach rwy23, not below 500 feet, qnh1013, wind xx. Or you think it is unnecesary?! What does ICAO or any other national document say about this topic? |
It's a long time since I worked in tower, but it used to be that if there was a vehicle/aircarft/personnel on the runway, restriction was minimum 200ft agl, otherwise, no restriction at all. Can't confirm for now though.
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In the UK the minimum height is 400ft aal if there is another aircraft/vehicle/personnel on the runway. This follows an incident at Bedford Thurleigh many years ago when a Trident (I think), carrying out an intentional go-around, clipped the top of the tail of a Comet which was lined up on the runway. If there is no requirement for it then I don't specify a limit.
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400ft agl is the standard empahsising it's agl rather than QNH; as VATCO says it was brought in after the Trident v Comet incident at RAE Bedford
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