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Dfw tower issued a low altitude alert to an aircraft on the VOR runway 31L approach during a night approach in gusty; turbulent weather conditions.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1056373 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201212 |
| Local Time Of Day | 0001-0600 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | DFW.Airport |
| State Reference | TX |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Widebody Transport |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Initial Approach |
| Route In Use | Visual Approach |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Pilot Flying Captain |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Inflight Event / Encounter CFTT / CFIT Inflight Event / Encounter Weather / Turbulence |
Narrative:
We were cleared for a visual approach to runway 31L at night in VMC (25;000 sct/10 miles visibility.) I flew the visual with a VOR 31L as a backup. I flew the VOR 31L on LNAV+VNAV. I was at 1;400 ft with 10 miles visibility and the runway in sight. Dfw tower radioed he had an altitude alert; I climbed to 2;000 ft. I was on visual approach and continued to landing. I had PAPI in sight and was following the VOR 31L profile and my altimeter was set correctly to 30.10. Local pressure was rising rapidly at the time of arrival; with surface winds at 300 18g28; moderate turbulence and windshear advisories in effect.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: DFW Tower issued a low altitude alert to an aircraft on the VOR Runway 31L approach during a night approach in gusty; turbulent weather conditions.
Narrative: We were cleared for a visual approach to Runway 31L at night in VMC (25;000 SCT/10 miles visibility.) I flew the visual with a VOR 31L as a backup. I flew the VOR 31L ON LNAV+VNAV. I was at 1;400 FT with 10 miles visibility and the runway in sight. DFW Tower radioed he had an altitude alert; I climbed to 2;000 FT. I was on visual approach and continued to landing. I had PAPI in sight and was following the VOR 31L profile and my altimeter was set correctly to 30.10. Local pressure was rising rapidly at the time of arrival; with surface winds at 300 18G28; moderate turbulence and windshear advisories in effect.
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.