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A B737-400 flight crew get low on a visual approach, resulting in pbi tower issuing a low altitude alert.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 618062 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200405 |
| Day | Wed |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | navaid : pbi.vortac |
| State Reference | FL |
| Altitude | msl bound lower : 500 msl bound upper : 520 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tower : pbi.tower |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | B737-400 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Navigation In Use | other |
| Flight Phase | descent : approach |
| Route In Use | approach : visual |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : multi engine pilot : instrument pilot : atp pilot : cfi pilot : flight engineer |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 100 flight time total : 17300 flight time type : 500 |
| ASRS Report | 618062 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | altitude deviation : overshoot altitude deviation : crossing restriction not met non adherence : clearance non adherence : far non adherence : published procedure |
| Independent Detector | atc equipment : msaw other controllera |
| Resolutory Action | controller : issued alert |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation |
Narrative:
Cleared for visual to runway 9L at pbi. Captain had briefed localizer runway 9L approach. Once cleared for approach, adjusted MDA of 400 ft was set in alerter. There is an altitude restr on the plate of 520 ft until 2.5 DME. Under visual conditions, captain descended below 520 ft MSL before 2.5 DME stepdown. Tower advised of a low altitude alert. Landing was otherwise uneventful.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A B737-400 FLT CREW GET LOW ON A VISUAL APCH, RESULTING IN PBI TWR ISSUING A LOW ALT ALERT.
Narrative: CLRED FOR VISUAL TO RWY 9L AT PBI. CAPT HAD BRIEFED LOC RWY 9L APCH. ONCE CLRED FOR APCH, ADJUSTED MDA OF 400 FT WAS SET IN ALERTER. THERE IS AN ALT RESTR ON THE PLATE OF 520 FT UNTIL 2.5 DME. UNDER VISUAL CONDITIONS, CAPT DSNDED BELOW 520 FT MSL BEFORE 2.5 DME STEPDOWN. TWR ADVISED OF A LOW ALT ALERT. LNDG WAS OTHERWISE UNEVENTFUL.
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.