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Falcon 2000 flight crew reported they received a low altitude alert from ATC on a visual approach to ege.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1341955 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201603 |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601-1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | EGE.Airport |
| State Reference | CO |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Falcon 2000 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | Initial Approach |
| Route In Use | Visual Approach |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | First Officer Pilot Not Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Flight Instructor |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 100 Flight Crew Total 6000 Flight Crew Type 150 |
| Person 2 | |
| Function | Captain Pilot Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Flight Instructor Flight Crew Instrument |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 250 Flight Crew Total 10500 Flight Crew Type 300 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Deviation - Altitude Excursion From Assigned Altitude Deviation - Procedural Clearance Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Inflight Event / Encounter CFTT / CFIT |
Narrative:
Going to ege outside of rlg ATC cleared us for the lda/DME runway 25 approach and to cross rlg at 14;000 feet or above. We crossed rlg above 14;000 feet and then set the da to 8400 feet before the altitude hold captured and we had not armed the approach yet. We were in VFR conditions and we could see the airport. Then the controller came on and said he had a low-altitude alert and we responded that we had the airport in sight and could we get a visual. The controller then cleared us for a visual to runway 25.what caused the problem was setting the DH to 8400 before the altitude had captured and before arming the approach. Since it was VFR; we were looking outside more than inside at the panel.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: Falcon 2000 flight crew reported they received a low altitude alert from ATC on a visual approach to EGE.
Narrative: Going to EGE outside of RLG ATC cleared us for the LDA/DME RWY 25 approach and to cross RLG at 14;000 feet or above. We crossed RLG above 14;000 feet and then set the DA to 8400 feet before the altitude hold captured and we had not armed the approach yet. We were in VFR conditions and we could see the airport. Then the controller came on and said he had a low-altitude alert and we responded that we had the airport in sight and could we get a visual. The controller then cleared us for a visual to RWY 25.What caused the problem was setting the DH to 8400 before the altitude had captured and before arming the approach. Since it was VFR; we were looking outside more than inside at the panel.
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.