What action should you take if you cannot see the runway at a DA/DH according to approach rules?

• A. Go missed
• B. Descend to the MDA
• C. Continue descent
• D. Hold until cleared

Answer: (A)

When you reach the point called decision altitude or decision height, you must make a firm choice: either you have the runway and required visual references to land, or you must go around. If the runway environment is not in sight at that moment, you are required to initiate a missed approach right away. This means applying power to climb, retracting or adjusting flaps as published, and following the published missed-approach procedure to ascend to a safe altitude and proceed as instructed.

Descent to a lower altitude (like the MDA) or continuing the descent is not allowed once you’re at DA/DH without the runway in sight, because those altitudes are not permitted decisions at that point and would place you below the safe landing decision without proper visual cues. Holding until cleared isn’t the prescribed action to resolve not seeing the runway at DA/DH; the required action is to go around and execute the missed approach.

So the correct action is to go missed, immediately initiating the missed-approach procedure.