Md-83 flight crew reported descending below the MDA while hand flying an ILS approach to msy airport...

Attributes
ACN	1600724
Time
Date	201812
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	MSY.Airport
State Reference	LA
Environment
Flight Conditions	IMC
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	MD-80 Series (DC-9-80) Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Final Approach
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Pilot Not Flying First Officer
Qualification	Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Experience	Flight Crew Total 10889
Person 2
Function	Captain Pilot Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Instrument
Events
Anomaly	Deviation - Procedural Clearance Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Inflight Event / Encounter CFTT / CFIT

Narrative:

I was the pilot monitoring. During this approach in daylight; pilot flying disconnected the autopilot and descended at the final approach fix. The aircraft descended below MDA [minimum descent altitude] (400 feet MSL) and pilot monitoring informed of the altitude and pilot flying adjusted pitch and power to return to MDA. At the same time; we received an aural 'obstacle' and we were in the clear with the airport in sight and executed a normal landing. Instrument cross-check. As the pilot monitoring; paying more attention to the descent to MDA as opposed to cross checking the approach chart too much.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: MD-83 flight crew reported descending below the MDA while hand flying an ILS approach to MSY airport.

Narrative: I was the Pilot Monitoring. During this approach in daylight; Pilot Flying disconnected the autopilot and descended at the final approach fix. The aircraft descended below MDA [Minimum Descent Altitude] (400 feet MSL) and Pilot Monitoring informed of the altitude and Pilot Flying adjusted pitch and power to return to MDA. At the same time; we received an aural 'obstacle' and we were in the clear with the airport in sight and executed a normal landing. Instrument cross-check. As the Pilot Monitoring; paying more attention to the descent to MDA as opposed to cross checking the approach chart too much.

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.