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An md-11 flight crew cleared for a night time visual approach to runway 35L at den descended prematurely and generated a low altitude alert/below MVA from ATC.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1138094 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201312 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201-1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | D01.TRACON |
| State Reference | CO |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | MD-11 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Initial Approach |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | First Officer Pilot Not Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Person 2 | |
| Function | Pilot Flying Captain |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Inflight Event / Encounter CFTT / CFIT |
Narrative:
Arriving from the southeast we reported the field in sight. Denver approach cleared us for the visual runway 35L; runway 35L elevation is 5;434 so we descended to 7;000 MSL thinking it would give us 1;500 AGL ground clearance. Leveling at 7;000 MSL and about 5 miles from dymon we noticed 1;000 AGL on the radar altimeter while; at the same time; approach advised us his minimum vectoring altitude in that area was 7;200 MSL. We climbed to 7;200 and intercepted the glideslope at dymon.rising terrain southeast of the field; high field elevation; lack of terrain awareness.if on a visual approach check terrain to ensure there is not a conflict with your altitude and terrain when not on a portion of a published approach.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: An MD-11 flight crew cleared for a night time visual approach to Runway 35L at DEN descended prematurely and generated a low altitude alert/below MVA from ATC.
Narrative: Arriving from the southeast we reported the field in sight. Denver Approach cleared us for the visual Runway 35L; Runway 35L elevation is 5;434 so we descended to 7;000 MSL thinking it would give us 1;500 AGL ground clearance. Leveling at 7;000 MSL and about 5 miles from DYMON we noticed 1;000 AGL on the radar altimeter while; at the same time; Approach advised us his minimum vectoring altitude in that area was 7;200 MSL. We climbed to 7;200 and intercepted the glideslope at DYMON.Rising terrain southeast of the field; high field elevation; lack of terrain awareness.If on a visual approach check terrain to ensure there is not a conflict with your altitude and terrain when not on a portion of a published approach.
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.