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C172 instructor pilot reported the tower alerted them to a low altitude situation when they deviated from the localizer course on approach to esn.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1550102 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201806 |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601-1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ESN.Tower |
| State Reference | MD |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | IMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Skyhawk 172/Cutlass 172 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | Final Approach |
| Route In Use | Direct |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Instructor Pilot Not Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Commercial Flight Crew Flight Instructor Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Instrument |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 65 Flight Crew Total 2950 Flight Crew Type 2850 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Deviation - Procedural Clearance Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Deviation - Track / Heading All Types Inflight Event / Encounter CFTT / CFIT |
Narrative:
On the LOC4 @ esn at around 800 feet; tower asked us to watch our altitude; we were at 800 feet MSL. We may have been full deflection at that point. We made immediate corrective measure to get back on course maintaining altitude before continuing descent to land to a full stop.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: C172 instructor pilot reported the Tower alerted them to a low altitude situation when they deviated from the localizer course on approach to ESN.
Narrative: On the LOC4 @ ESN at around 800 feet; Tower asked us to watch our altitude; we were at 800 feet MSL. We may have been full deflection at that point. We made immediate corrective measure to get back on course maintaining altitude before continuing descent to land to a full stop.
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.