Pilot blamed for fatal crash
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Lots of good points here and a fair bit of assumptions about descending below "minimums". Last time I flew a Cat 1 ILS it had a DA (thats decision altitude there prospector not minimums as in a NPA) and without getting too deep into the make up if ILS's the only time an aircraft should end up below DA will be because a decision has been made (right or wrong), the aircraft is making a missed approach or a screw up through altimetry, disorientation ETC. I am sure that there are countless stories out there of pilots who have made a decision to continue that they (seconds later) regretted. and not all of those are here to talk about it. The Cell Phone theory seems to be a bit of a red herring as I just can't believe that a SPIFR pilot would be that stupid to make a call 1/2 way down a hand flown ILS on a foggy night.
