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A319 flight crew reported being low altitude alert on approach due to heavy workload on final.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1519535 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201802 |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601-1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.TRACON |
| State Reference | US |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | IMC |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | A319 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Initial Approach |
| Route In Use | Visual Approach |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Captain Pilot Not Flying |
| Person 2 | |
| Function | Pilot Flying First Officer |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Deviation - Altitude Undershoot Deviation - Altitude Excursion From Assigned Altitude Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Inflight Event / Encounter CFTT / CFIT Inflight Event / Encounter Unstabilized Approach |
Narrative:
Lda approach. First officer flying. Wound up rushed and high workload for no good reason. We were at 3000' at 'zzzzz intersection' per approach chart. Passed zzzzz intersection; but descent was delayed; concerning/distracting the crew about being high on profile. Leveled off 1700' just prior to 'ZZZZZ1 intersection' (FAF). After ZZZZZ1 intersection; initiated descent late.configuration and speed right on. Airport in sight approximately 1;300 ft. Continued to airport. 'Low altitude' alert from tower as descent was being shallowed. Alert was acknowledged to tower. Normal landing accomplished.[destination] weather was checked by crew several times encountered from [at this airport]. 5;000 ovc 10 NM consistently. Approach was briefed flying ' visual [approach]'. We talked about issues to consider with this approach; as first officer was fairly low time and with not a lot recently. Strong expectation of 5000/10...visual approach. Checked in with potomac approach. Advised new ATIS. Pulled up new ATIS. Now shift to IFR approach procedure close in. Abbreviated; rushed brief. Distraction level; task load rising. 'Low altitude alert'- I think first officer had been task loaded during the approach and got slightly low but was correcting. [Early] wakeup and last day of 4 day trip. First day late dep.should have delayed approach until we had completely briefed new procedure and weather and were in the 'green'. Also increased awareness with low time first officer.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A319 flight crew reported being low altitude alert on approach due to heavy workload on final.
Narrative: LDA approach. First Officer flying. Wound up rushed and high workload for no good reason. We were at 3000' at 'ZZZZZ Intersection' per approach chart. Passed ZZZZZ Intersection; but descent was delayed; concerning/distracting the crew about being high on profile. Leveled off 1700' just prior to 'ZZZZZ1 Intersection' (FAF). After ZZZZZ1 Intersection; initiated descent late.Configuration and speed right on. Airport in sight approximately 1;300 FT. Continued to airport. 'Low Altitude' alert from tower as descent was being shallowed. Alert was acknowledged to tower. Normal landing accomplished.[Destination] weather was checked by crew several times encountered from [at this airport]. 5;000 Ovc 10 NM consistently. Approach was briefed flying ' Visual [Approach]'. We talked about issues to consider with this approach; as First Officer was fairly low time and with not a lot recently. Strong expectation of 5000/10...Visual Approach. Checked in with Potomac approach. Advised new ATIS. Pulled up new ATIS. Now shift to IFR approach procedure close in. Abbreviated; rushed brief. Distraction level; task load rising. 'Low Altitude Alert'- I think First Officer had been task loaded during the approach and got slightly low but was correcting. [Early] wakeup and last day of 4 day trip. First day late dep.Should have delayed approach until we had completely briefed new procedure and weather and were in the 'Green'. Also increased awareness with low time First Officer.
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.