Air carrier first officer reported the crew received an altitude alert from ATC while on approach.

Attributes
ACN	1758996
Time
Date	202008
Local Time Of Day	1801-2400
Place
Locale Reference	TUS.Airport
State Reference	AZ
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Medium Large Transport
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Initial Approach
Route In Use	Direct
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	First Officer Pilot Not Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Events
Anomaly	ATC Issue All Types Inflight Event / Encounter CFTT / CFIT

Narrative:

ATC received an altitude alert on our aircraft below the MEA on a visual approach into runway 29R. We were on the PAPI glide path and clear of all obstacles. ATC vectors brought us too close to the airport for a proper approach to landing so we performed a right 360 turn in visual conditions. ATC needs to clear aircraft lower earlier and the MEA in that area could possibly be lowered.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: Air Carrier First Officer reported the crew received an altitude alert from ATC while on approach.

Narrative: ATC received an altitude alert on our aircraft below the MEA on a visual approach into Runway 29R. We were on the PAPI glide path and clear of all obstacles. ATC vectors brought us too close to the airport for a proper approach to landing so we performed a right 360 turn in visual conditions. ATC needs to clear aircraft lower earlier and the MEA in that area could possibly be lowered.

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.