Air carrier pilot conducting a visual approach reported receiving a terrain alert from the aircraft ...

Attributes
ACN	1759889
Time
Date	202009
Local Time Of Day	0601-1200
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Bombardier/Canadair Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Initial Approach
Route In Use	Visual Approach
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Pilot Not Flying Captain
Qualification	Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Multiengine
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 53
Events
Anomaly	Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Inflight Event / Encounter CFTT / CFIT

Narrative:

I was pilot monitoring. First officer was pilot flying. We were executing a visual approach backed up with the GPS. We were cleared to land on the left downwind leg and started the descent while turning base to cross the final approach fix at 2;300 feet when the tower gave us a low altitude alert. The airplane also gave us an obstacle warning. We were aware of the obstacle and did not think it was a factor as we were turning base and had situational awareness regarding the airport and terrane. We did not check with the tower for the minimum vectoring altitude (MVA); which should have been the case. We climbed to the MVA to intercept the final approach course and landed safely. In the future; when cleared for an approach; I will be sure to request the minimum vectoring altitude if not given.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: Air Carrier pilot conducting a Visual Approach reported receiving a terrain alert from the aircraft and ATC.

Narrative: I was Pilot Monitoring. First Officer was Pilot flying. We were executing a Visual Approach backed up with the GPS. We were cleared to land on the left downwind leg and started the descent while turning base to cross the Final Approach Fix at 2;300 feet when the Tower gave us a low altitude alert. The airplane also gave us an obstacle warning. We were aware of the obstacle and did not think it was a factor as we were turning base and had situational awareness regarding the airport and terrane. We did not check with the Tower for the Minimum Vectoring Altitude (MVA); which should have been the case. We climbed to the MVA to intercept the final approach course and landed safely. In the future; when cleared for an approach; I will be sure to request the Minimum Vectoring Altitude if not given.

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.

Air carrier pilot conducting a visual approach reported receiving a terrain alert from the aircraft and ATC.