A300 cargo captain made missed approach after descending below the MDA and losing sight of the runway. The tower controller also issued a low altitude alert warning.

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Attributes
ACN	533589
Time
Date	200112
Day	Thu
Local Time Of Day	1801 To 2400
Place
Locale Reference	airport : syr.airport
State Reference	NY
Altitude	agl single value : 400
Environment
Flight Conditions	IMC
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tower : syr.tower
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	A300
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Navigation In Use	ils localizer & glide slope : 28 other
Flight Phase	descent : approach
Route In Use	approach : instrument precision
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp pilot : multi engine pilot : commercial pilot : flight engineer
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 80 flight time total : 15000 flight time type : 2500
ASRS Report	533589
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Events
Anomaly	inflight encounter : weather non adherence : published procedure other spatial deviation
Independent Detector	atc equipment : msaw other controllera
Resolutory Action	controller : issued alert flight crew : executed missed approach flight crew : executed go around
Consequence	faa : reviewed incident with flight crew
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Weather Flight Crew Human Performance Environmental Factor
Primary Problem	Weather

Narrative:

Executing a localizer approach to runway 28 at syr. After descending to MDA (I was flying the aircraft), the first officer called the runway in sight. I then descended below MDA with the runway in sight. I lost visual contact with the runway and I think about the same time the tower called saying they had a low altitude alert for us. We executed a missed approach.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A300 CARGO CAPT MADE MISSED APCH AFTER DSNDING BELOW THE MDA AND LOSING SIGHT OF THE RWY. THE TWR CTLR ALSO ISSUED A LOW ALT ALERT WARNING.

Narrative: EXECUTING A LOC APCH TO RWY 28 AT SYR. AFTER DSNDING TO MDA (I WAS FLYING THE ACFT), THE FO CALLED THE RWY IN SIGHT. I THEN DSNDED BELOW MDA WITH THE RWY IN SIGHT. I LOST VISUAL CONTACT WITH THE RWY AND I THINK ABOUT THE SAME TIME THE TWR CALLED SAYING THEY HAD A LOW ALT ALERT FOR US. WE EXECUTED A MISSED APCH.

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.