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La-4 a/B buccaneer single pilot executing an instrument approach reported that tower received a low altitude alert warning.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1576795 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201809 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201-1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.Airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | IMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | LA-4 A/B Buccaneer |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | Final Approach |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Single Pilot |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Private Flight Crew Instrument |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 50 Flight Crew Total 3500 Flight Crew Type 200 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Conflict Ground Conflict Less Severe Deviation - Procedural Clearance Inflight Event / Encounter CFTT / CFIT |
Narrative:
I was flying in IMC conditions for over an hour in the plane and had about 4 hrs more given the stronger than expected headwinds. I decided to land at ZZZ to refuel as it was reporting marginal VFR at the time. All around and further down my flight path things were IFR. When I informed ATC of my decision to land at ZZZ; they reported IFR conditions and I set up for the ILS.I have flown this plane in IFR conditions before but have not flown the ILS in it. I have about 17 years experience with flying IFR in other planes and am comfortable and current with flying ILS approaches; but not in this plane. During the approach; the tower controller got a low altitude alert which I was able to correct. The reason was my unfamiliarity with the ILS characteristics of this plane.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: LA-4 A/B Buccaneer single pilot executing an instrument approach reported that Tower received a low altitude alert warning.
Narrative: I was flying in IMC conditions for over an hour in the plane and had about 4 hrs more given the stronger than expected headwinds. I decided to land at ZZZ to refuel as it was reporting marginal VFR at the time. All around and further down my flight path things were IFR. When I informed ATC of my decision to land at ZZZ; they reported IFR conditions and I set up for the ILS.I have flown this plane in IFR conditions before but have not flown the ILS in it. I have about 17 years experience with flying IFR in other planes and am comfortable and current with flying ILS approaches; but not in this plane. During the approach; the Tower Controller got a low altitude alert which I was able to correct. The reason was my unfamiliarity with the ILS characteristics of this plane.
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.