[pabianice]

Two miles and 200 feet msl is decision height on the ILS approach into Nantucket. There's no more mystery here than in Junior's case. Single pilot IFR is a fool's game and, sooner or later, it bites you.

No. No ILS has its decision height two miles from the runway. And single pilot IFR is standard for many of us. Junior bought it by flying into IFR at night in a complex single.

[jwpjr]

re: Junior bought it by flying into IFR at night in a complex single.

If memory serves me correctly Junior wasn't instrument rated, an even more common situation for low time, VFR pilots.

[billorites]

So he descended through the glide slope. Two miles from the threshold, perhaps not. Two miles from the tower, airport reference point, who knows.

My point is that accidents aren't happening at ACK to aircraft in crew environments.

Single pilot IFR is commonplace and is dangerous. Single pilots easily become over tasked and performance deteriotes very quickly. CFIT is not just a single pilot problem, but single pilots are at markedly higher risk of flying into the ground.

The advent of GPS and EFIS in the single pilot environment, in my opinion, has worsened the situation by increasing, not decreasing, pilot workload.