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When an EMB145 flight crew received a low altitude alert from the tower while on approach they discovered the qnh setting from approach control was inaccurate. They then set the correct setting and continued without further incident.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1132168 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201311 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201-1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | N90.TRACON |
| State Reference | NY |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | EMB ERJ 145 ER/LR |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Initial Approach |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Component | |
| Aircraft Component | Altimeter |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | First Officer Pilot Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Commercial |
| Person 2 | |
| Function | Pilot Not Flying Captain |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | ATC Issue All Types Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Inflight Event / Encounter CFTT / CFIT Inflight Event / Encounter Weather / Turbulence |
Narrative:
We contacted approach and were given the wrong altimeter setting while in moderate turbulence. While on approach to 31R we were issued a low altitude alert and we checked our instruments to verify then realized the altimeter setting was wrong. We continued without further incident.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: When an EMB145 flight crew received a low altitude alert from the Tower while on approach they discovered the QNH setting from Approach Control was inaccurate. They then set the correct setting and continued without further incident.
Narrative: We contacted Approach and were given the wrong altimeter setting while in moderate turbulence. While on approach to 31R we were issued a low altitude alert and we checked our instruments to verify then realized the altimeter setting was wrong. We continued without further incident.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2013 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.