Cancel IFR and forced to go missed
Asked by: Lemontree 1956 views FAA Regulations, Instrument Rating
Hi. Let's say you are flying a non-precision approach into a towered airport, and you meet a clear sky well above the MDA. You know from the radios there's another guy waiting for his turn in holding behind you so you cancel your IFR flight plan and obtain a visual landing clearance from the tower. But as you continue to descend for landing, you suddenly get back into clouds and want to go missed.
In this scenario, can you go missed given that you've already cancelled your flight plan? If so, what are the appropriate procedures for that? Go missed first and then notify the tower of what happened and open a new flight plan?
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