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B767-er crew was issued an 'altitude alert-check altitude' warning by jfk tower. The aircraft was where it should have been.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 521241 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200108 |
| Day | Tue |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | navaid : cri.vor |
| State Reference | NY |
| Altitude | agl single value : 800 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tracon : n90.tracon |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Navigation In Use | other vortac |
| Flight Phase | descent : approach |
| Route In Use | approach : visual arrival other |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : multi engine pilot : atp pilot : cfi pilot : flight engineer pilot : commercial pilot : instrument |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 120 flight time total : 16000 flight time type : 250 |
| ASRS Report | 521241 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | inflight encounter : weather inflight encounter other other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | atc equipment : msaw other controllera |
| Resolutory Action | controller : issued alert none taken : anomaly accepted |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | FAA ATC Facility |
| Primary Problem | ATC Facility |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
| Situations | |
| ATC Facility | computer equipment : jfk.tower |
Narrative:
Just after cri VOR we descended to 800 ft and searched for the lead-in lights and airport. The winds were at or near our tailwind maximum limit. Tower cleared us to land and stated altitude alert, check altitude, cleared to land runway 13L. We appeared to be at the correct altitude and could not identify why tower received an altitude alert. We continued in visual conditions with a normal approach and crosswind landing.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: B767-ER CREW WAS ISSUED AN 'ALT ALERT-CHK ALT' WARNING BY JFK TWR. THE ACFT WAS WHERE IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN.
Narrative: JUST AFTER CRI VOR WE DSNDED TO 800 FT AND SEARCHED FOR THE LEAD-IN LIGHTS AND ARPT. THE WINDS WERE AT OR NEAR OUR TAILWIND MAX LIMIT. TWR CLRED US TO LAND AND STATED ALT ALERT, CHK ALT, CLRED TO LAND RWY 13L. WE APPEARED TO BE AT THE CORRECT ALT AND COULD NOT IDENT WHY TWR RECEIVED AN ALT ALERT. WE CONTINUED IN VISUAL CONDITIONS WITH A NORMAL APCH AND XWIND LNDG.
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.