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CE680 first officer reports a low altitude alert from ATC during a visual approach. An incorrect altimeter setting was being used and also resulted in a speed above 250 knots below 10;000 feet. The short ferry flight and fatigue were cited as factors.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1132984 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201311 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801-2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.Airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Cessna Citation Sovereign (C680) |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | Initial Approach |
| Route In Use | Direct |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Component | |
| Aircraft Component | Altimeter |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | First Officer Pilot Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Private |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 100 Flight Crew Total 700 Flight Crew Type 125 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Deviation - Altitude Overshoot Deviation - Procedural FAR Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Deviation - Speed All Types Inflight Event / Encounter CFTT / CFIT |
Narrative:
While approaching destination we were on a visual approach. As we approached the airport; we got distracted by tower whom indicated a low altitude alert. As it turns out we were using the wrong altimeter setting. In conjunction; this distraction caused us to violate the 250 knots rule below 10;000 feet for an extended period of time. Bottom line is that we were tired and it had been a long day. This was the last leg of the day; a maintenance ferry. Complacency was the reason for these two issues; nothing more. After a long flight; one must be even more diligent. It is always the short flights where things happen quickly that the most errors seem to present themselves. In this case the short 10 minute flight things really piled up quickly.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: CE680 First Officer reports a low altitude alert from ATC during a visual approach. An incorrect altimeter setting was being used and also resulted in a speed above 250 knots below 10;000 feet. The short ferry flight and fatigue were cited as factors.
Narrative: While approaching destination we were on a visual approach. As we approached the airport; we got distracted by Tower whom indicated a low altitude alert. As it turns out we were using the wrong altimeter setting. In conjunction; this distraction caused us to violate the 250 knots rule below 10;000 feet for an extended period of time. Bottom line is that we were tired and it had been a long day. This was the last leg of the day; a maintenance ferry. Complacency was the reason for these two issues; nothing more. After a long flight; one must be even more diligent. It is always the short flights where things happen quickly that the most errors seem to present themselves. In this case the short 10 minute flight things really piled up quickly.
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.