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A321 first officer reported ATC issued a low altitude alert after the captain entered an improperly low altitude on a visual descent into den.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1614416 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201901 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201-1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | DEN.Airport |
| State Reference | CO |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | A321 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Initial Approach |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | First Officer Pilot Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Multiengine |
| Experience | Flight Crew Total 14000 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Inflight Event / Encounter CFTT / CFIT |
Narrative:
During a visual descent to denver; landing south; we were on downwind and cleared for the visual approach. As we planned our descent; the captain entered a lower altitude [than] what I wanted as we were on an open descent. When I noticed the error; I turned the autopilot off and flight directors shortly after. ATC issued an altitude alert during this time. I leveled off; continued the approach visually; and descended once we reached the appropriate descent angle. This resulted in a normal landing. Captain entered an altitude at a midpoint inside the fap (final approach point) by mistake.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A321 First Officer reported ATC issued a low altitude alert after the Captain entered an improperly low altitude on a visual descent into DEN.
Narrative: During a visual descent to Denver; landing south; we were on downwind and cleared for the visual approach. As we planned our descent; the Captain entered a lower altitude [than] what I wanted as we were on an open descent. When I noticed the error; I turned the autopilot off and flight directors shortly after. ATC issued an altitude alert during this time. I leveled off; continued the approach visually; and descended once we reached the appropriate descent angle. This resulted in a normal landing. Captain entered an altitude at a midpoint inside the FAP (Final Approach Point) by mistake.
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.