Small Aircraft
Flight Crew Instrument; Flight Crew Private
Flight Crew Last 90 Days 61; Flight Crew Total 321; Flight Crew Type 220
Communication Breakdown
ATC Issue All Types; Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Published Material / Policy; Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Clearance
Flight Crew Overcame Equipment Problem
ATC Equipment / Nav Facility / Buildings; Chart Or Publication
KLBB TRACON cleared me for RNAV (GPS) RWY 22; IAF UCEPE. I was told 'report when crossing UCEPE inbound.' Radio communications were good at 5;200 MSL; marginal at 5;100; but communications were lost upon descending to 5;000 ft MSL. Approach and landing were uneventful. Recommend revising this IAP so that the minimum altitude for the approach segment (UCEPE through CUBKY) is 5;200 ft MSL.
Small aircraft Pilot reported marginal radio communications deteriorated from IAF [Initial Approach Fix] altitude to an uneventful landing.