A flight crew on the ewr bridge visual to runway 29 descended to 500 ft after lawne and ATC advised ...

Attributes
ACN	1165257
Time
Date	201404
Local Time Of Day	0601-1200
Place
Locale Reference	EWR.Airport
State Reference	NJ
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Large Transport Low Wing 2 Turbojet Eng
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Final Approach
Route In Use	Visual Approach STAR Bridge
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Captain Pilot Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 57 Flight Crew Total 22000 Flight Crew Type 109
Person 2
Function	Pilot Not Flying First Officer
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 200 Flight Crew Total 10200 Flight Crew Type 5000
Events
Anomaly	Deviation - Altitude Overshoot Deviation - Altitude Crossing Restriction Not Met Deviation - Procedural Clearance Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy

Narrative:

Line selected bridge visual to right 29-v and added points grity; dooin; lawne. Altitude constraints of 2;800 [ft] at grity; 1;700 [ft] at dooin; and 500 [ft] at chumr. As depicted on app plate. Briefed arrival; approach and miss/reject well before descent. Completed checklists and arrival went smoothly. ATC gave us direct and descend to grity at 2;800 [ft] and then slow to 180 KTS. After grity cleared to descend to 1;700 [ft] and maintain 180 to dooin and cleared the bridge visual runway 29. Crossed dooin with autopilot off. After dooin we began to slow further to managed speed (reference); gear down and landing flaps configured. Followed vertical guidance from FMC to cross chumr at 500 ft. FMC vertical guidance seemed to be taking us lower than necessary so used shallow descent and eventually leveled at 1;000 ft MSL. This was right around lawne. Note: airport and runways in sight the entire time. Approximately 20 KT headwind while on northbound course. At about the same position as lawne; ATC advised receiving a low altitude alert and to check altitude. We acknowledged and maintained level flight until after turning toward chumr. At which point we continued descent to a normal landing. Lateral profile was maintained throughout the procedure but vertical straight from 1;700 [ft] at dooin to 500 ft at chumr takes aircraft too low over lawne.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A flight crew on the EWR Bridge Visual to Runway 29 descended to 500 FT after LAWNE and ATC advised them about a low altitude alert. After landing the crew realized the descent from 1;700 FT should have begun after Bayonne Golf Course.

Narrative: Line selected Bridge Visual to R 29-v and added points GRITY; DOOIN; LAWNE. Altitude constraints of 2;800 [FT] at GRITY; 1;700 [FT] at DOOIN; and 500 [FT] at CHUMR. As depicted on App Plate. Briefed arrival; approach and miss/reject well before descent. Completed checklists and arrival went smoothly. ATC gave us direct and descend to GRITY at 2;800 [FT] and then slow to 180 KTS. After GRITY cleared to descend to 1;700 [FT] and maintain 180 to DOOIN and cleared the Bridge Visual Runway 29. Crossed DOOIN with autopilot off. After DOOIN we began to slow further to managed speed (REF); gear down and landing flaps configured. Followed vertical guidance from FMC to cross CHUMR at 500 FT. FMC vertical guidance seemed to be taking us lower than necessary so used shallow descent and eventually leveled at 1;000 FT MSL. This was right around LAWNE. NOTE: Airport and runways in sight the entire time. Approximately 20 KT headwind while on northbound course. At about the same position as LAWNE; ATC advised receiving a LOW ALT Alert and to check altitude. We acknowledged and maintained level flight until after turning toward CHUMR. At which point we continued descent to a normal landing. Lateral profile was maintained throughout the procedure but vertical straight from 1;700 [FT] at DOOIN to 500 FT at CHUMR takes aircraft too low over LAWNE.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site 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.

A flight crew on the ewr bridge visual to runway 29 descended to 500 ft after lawne and ATC advised them about a low altitude alert. After landing the crew realized the descent from 1;700 ft should have begun after bayonne golf course.