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Procedure for Obstacle alert while on approach at MDA

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This might be a dumb question, but here it goes.

 

If you're on an approach and you're already flying at the MDA inside of the final approach fix, you receive an obstacle alert. If you have the obstacle insight because you are now VFR, are you required to climb to extinguish the alert system? 

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  1. Russ MacDonald on May 21, 2019

    No, you don’t have to climb above it as long as you can safely navigate around it visually, as long as you are not too distracted by the alert.

    However, I would certainly report it immediately after landing, because that should never happen. Unless, maybe, your obstacle clearance altitude is set too high in your equipment?

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