{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Advanced Aircrew Academy","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.aircrewacademy.com\/blog","author_name":"Advanced Aircrew Academy","author_url":"https:\/\/www.aircrewacademy.com\/blog\/author\/advanced-aircrew-academy\/","title":"Non Precisions Approaches - A Potential Killer Waiting To Strike","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"QTwSpMVL37\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aircrewacademy.com\/blog\/a-potential-killer-waiting-to-strike\/\">A Potential Killer Waiting to Strike<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aircrewacademy.com\/blog\/a-potential-killer-waiting-to-strike\/embed\/#?secret=QTwSpMVL37\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;A Potential Killer Waiting to Strike&#8221; &#8212; Advanced Aircrew Academy\" data-secret=\"QTwSpMVL37\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\/* <![CDATA[ *\/\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/* ]]> *\/\n<\/script>\n","description":"We have written in the past about the dangers of obstacles below the MDA of non-precision approaches and our Advanced Aircrew Academy Instrument Procedures training also addresses this issue.&nbsp; More recently Lee Smith has written a piece that does a good job of explaining how the environment below the MDA can bite you.&nbsp; Originally published in IFR magazine, Lee\u2019s article was republished in March 2015 on AVweb.&nbsp; It is recommended reading and you will find it via this link. Runway 36 at KBHM (Birmingham AL) is Lee\u2019s Poster Child and if you have ever flown an approach to it you will connect with this article in a personal way. &nbsp;&nbsp;For starters you are already in an environment of hills and low mountains, weather of one kind or another is often a factor, and there are plenty of man-made obstacles around to keep you interested. If you don\u2019t fly in there and to that specific runway frequently, you have just added another risk factor.","thumbnail_url":"images\/RNAV_GPS_36.jpg"}