A dc-9 captain reported he was alerted by ATC during a visual approach of a low altitude deviation.

Attributes
ACN	1014639
Time
Date	201206
Local Time Of Day	1801-2400
Place
Locale Reference	DAY.Airport
State Reference	OH
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	DC-9 10
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Final Approach
Route In Use	Visual Approach
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Pilot Flying Captain
Qualification	Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 100 Flight Crew Total 2500 Flight Crew Type 1800
Events
Anomaly	Deviation - Altitude Excursion From Assigned Altitude Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Inflight Event / Encounter CFTT / CFIT

Narrative:

During visual approach tower advised us of a low [altitude] warning alert. We climbed back up to get on glide [path]. Normal landing occurred.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A DC-9 Captain reported he was alerted by ATC during a visual approach of a low altitude deviation.

Narrative: During visual approach Tower advised us of a low [altitude] warning alert. We climbed back up to get on glide [path]. Normal landing occurred.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2013 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.