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B737 captain reports getting low prior to chumr during the stadium visual approach runway 29 to ewr. Ewr tower issues a low altitude alert. A normal landing ensues.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1162267 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201404 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | EWR.Airport |
| State Reference | NJ |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | B737 Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Final Approach |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Captain |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Deviation - Altitude Crossing Restriction Not Met Deviation - Procedural Clearance Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Inflight Event / Encounter CFTT / CFIT |
Narrative:
[We] followed LNAV guidance for stadium visual to runway 29 using RNAV info. [We] flew over slimr at 1;500 ft in landing configuration and turning with descent on final to cross chumr at 500 ft. Descent to 500 ft was slightly higher rate than thought and tower informed us they got a low altitude alert on us. We leveled off at 500 ft just shy of chumr; crossed chumr; normal landing.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: B737 Captain reports getting low prior to CHUMR during the Stadium Visual Approach Runway 29 to EWR. EWR Tower issues a low altitude alert. A normal landing ensues.
Narrative: [We] followed LNAV guidance for stadium visual to Runway 29 using RNAV info. [We] flew over SLIMR at 1;500 FT in landing configuration and turning with descent on final to cross CHUMR at 500 FT. Descent to 500 FT was slightly higher rate than thought and Tower informed us they got a low altitude alert on us. We leveled off at 500 FT just shy of CHUMR; crossed CHUMR; normal landing.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site 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.