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Attributes | |
ACN | 1281962 |
Time | |
Date | 201507 |
Local Time Of Day | 1201-1800 |
Place | |
Locale Reference | SUS.Airport |
State Reference | MO |
Environment | |
Flight Conditions | VMC |
Light | Daylight |
Aircraft 1 | |
Make Model Name | Small Aircraft Low Wing 2 Eng Retractable Gear |
Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
Flight Phase | Final Approach |
Route In Use | Visual Approach |
Flight Plan | IFR |
Person 1 | |
Function | Pilot Flying Captain |
Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Flight Instructor |
Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 60 Flight Crew Total 2200 Flight Crew Type 180 |
Events | |
Anomaly | Inflight Event / Encounter CFTT / CFIT Inflight Event / Encounter Unstabilized Approach |
Narrative:
Was cleared for visual approach 08R by saint louis approach. Switched over to sus tower and was cleared for visual approach 08R & cleared to land 08R. About 2.5 miles out on the visual; tower alerted us to a low altitude alert. Our altimeter was set to current field elevation and we were flying a stabilized visual approach. Landed without further incidence.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: SUS Tower issued a low altitude alert for an aircraft on a visual approach to 08R.
Narrative: Was cleared for visual approach 08R by Saint Louis approach. Switched over to SUS tower and was cleared for visual approach 08R & cleared to land 08R. About 2.5 miles out on the visual; Tower alerted us to a low altitude alert. Our altimeter was set to current field elevation and we were flying a stabilized visual approach. Landed without further incidence.
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.