An A320 flight crew descended below the recommended crossing altitude during a published visual appr...

Attributes
ACN	1171231
Time
Date	201405
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	EWR.Airport
State Reference	NJ
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	A320
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Final Approach
Route In Use	Visual Approach
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Captain Pilot Not Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 160 Flight Crew Total 20000 Flight Crew Type 2500
Events
Anomaly	Deviation - Altitude Crossing Restriction Not Met Deviation - Altitude Excursion From Assigned Altitude Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Inflight Event / Encounter CFTT / CFIT

Narrative:

We were flying the stadium visual to runway 29 ewr in clear conditions. We crossed gimee at 2;500 feet and then did a constant descent towards slimr and chumr. We didn't notice that the FMGC alt at slimr was 900 feet instead of the recommended 1;500 feet. We were fully configured for landing at slimr and I was trying to locate visually the surface references on the chart since it was a clear and unobstructed day. It was starting to look low so we stopped the descent and about that time the tower asked us to check our altitude. We were about 700 feet at that time and stayed level and fully configured until we intercepted the PAPI's for 29 and made a normal landing. It was bright daylight and we could clearly see everything around us and felt it was safe to continue. I think we crossed slimr intersection at about 500-600 feet lower than the recommended 1;500 feet.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: An A320 flight crew descended below the recommended crossing altitude during a published visual approach; and as they noticed the error they were additionally warned of the low altitude by the Tower.

Narrative: We were flying the Stadium Visual to RWY 29 EWR in clear conditions. We crossed GIMEE at 2;500 feet and then did a constant descent towards SLIMR and CHUMR. We didn't notice that the FMGC alt at SLIMR was 900 feet instead of the recommended 1;500 feet. We were fully configured for landing at SLIMR and I was trying to locate visually the surface references on the chart since it was a clear and unobstructed day. It was starting to look low so we stopped the descent and about that time the Tower asked us to check our altitude. We were about 700 feet at that time and stayed level and fully configured until we intercepted the PAPI's for 29 and made a normal landing. It was bright daylight and we could clearly see everything around us and felt it was safe to continue. I think we crossed SLIMR intersection at about 500-600 feet lower than the recommended 1;500 feet.

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.

An A320 flight crew descended below the recommended crossing altitude during a published visual approach; and as they noticed the error they were additionally warned of the low altitude by the tower.