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lcanning created the topic: Page 331 CIR REVISION QUESTIONS - SET FIVE (Q9)
Hi Team.
Hope we are all well on this Friday morning.
Just looking at Q9 on page 331. I am asked "what is it that makes a destination suitable with no alternate required for an air transportation flight under NGT VFR procedures, what are the minimum aids ?". The answer for the question was (C) which i dont understand how as it lists that GNSS TSO-129 can be used when in ENR 1.1-76 10.7.3.3 tells us that aircraft using TSO C-129 must have an alternate planned for. Doesn't this contradict the answer
bobtait replied the topic: Page 331 CIR REVISION QUESTIONS - SET FIVE (Q9)
A night VFR flight is not an IFR flight. The only requirement for a night VFR flight is to actually use the RNAV (or ADF or VOR) for track guidance to the destination aerodrome to a point from which a visual approach can be commenced. By definition, all night VFR approaches are visual approaches. There is no such thing as an instrument approach for night VFR.
For night VFR, if the destination requires an alternate for any reason, you must provide for an alternate within one hour's flight time. If your RNAV is a 129, then you cannot use it to navigate to the alternate (you would have to use an NDB or VOR) for that. AIP ENR 1.1 para 10.7.3.2(a) & 10.7.3.3.
