MSAW activated by air carrier medium large transport on VOR approach to runway 5 at cak.

Attributes
ACN	167785
Time
Date	199101
Day	Thu
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : cak
State Reference	OH
Altitude	msl bound lower : 1700 msl bound upper : 3000
Environment
Flight Conditions	IMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tracon : cak
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Medium Large Transport, Low Wing, 2 Turbojet Eng
Flight Phase	descent : approach descent other
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : flight engineer pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 200 flight time total : 7000 flight time type : 1500
ASRS Report	167785
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Events
Anomaly	non adherence : published procedure other spatial deviation
Independent Detector	atc equipment other atc equipment : unspecified
Resolutory Action	none taken : anomaly accepted
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

Executed VOR runway 05 cak, while shooting the approach the control tower advised us that they were getting a low altitude alert and that we were left of course. At the time we were 100' above MDA and the VOR dci showed us on course. Note: missed approach procedure is 16 DME from the VOR, therefore creating a very non precision approach due to beam width. We located the airport visually and proceeded west/O any further occurrences.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: MSAW ACTIVATED BY ACR MLG ON VOR APCH TO RWY 5 AT CAK.

Narrative: EXECUTED VOR RWY 05 CAK, WHILE SHOOTING THE APCH THE CTL TWR ADVISED US THAT THEY WERE GETTING A LOW ALT ALERT AND THAT WE WERE LEFT OF COURSE. AT THE TIME WE WERE 100' ABOVE MDA AND THE VOR DCI SHOWED US ON COURSE. NOTE: MISSED APCH PROC IS 16 DME FROM THE VOR, THEREFORE CREATING A VERY NON PRECISION APCH DUE TO BEAM WIDTH. WE LOCATED THE ARPT VISUALLY AND PROCEEDED W/O ANY FURTHER OCCURRENCES.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 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.