You might think that there are two reasons why one could not fly an approach at a destination, 1) there are no approaches or 2) The aircraft is not equipped to fly the available approaches. It is legal to file and fly to the airport based on case 1 if there is an alternate in the flightplan. It is never legal to conduct a flight in case 2, regardless if an alternate is specified. Does not make sense, but that is what the regulations state and the FAA General Counsel interprets the two cases.
NCYankee wrote:
The flight could be conducted if the destination had no approaches, but not if it had approach(s) none of which the aircraft was equipped to fly.
Lawyer Logic. Now you know why our insurance is so expensive in the US. Understand that lawyers become judges and you have circle completed.
