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Lga tower issued a low altitude alert to an air carrier on the VOR 4 approach because the flight was right of course. The crew; level at 600 feet; was puzzled by the alert and shortly there after had the runway in sight slightly left.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1163024 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201404 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201-1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | LGA.Airport |
| State Reference | NY |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | IMC |
| Light | Dusk |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Medium Transport Low Wing 2 Turbojet Eng |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Final Approach |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Pilot Not Flying Captain |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Deviation - Procedural Clearance Deviation - Track / Heading All Types Inflight Event / Encounter CFTT / CFIT |
Narrative:
We were flying the VOR 4 approach to lga. We followed all the step downs on the approach down to 600 feet. Shortly before we broke out; tower told us that we were right of course and they had a low altitude alert on us. Tower gave us the altimeter setting and I confirmed that we had set the correct altimeter setting. While I was confirming the altimeter setting with tower; I saw the runway which was slightly to the left. I told tower that we had the runway and we landed.I'm not sure why tower got a low altitude alert and as for being slightly to the right of course; it was a non- precision approach.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: LGA Tower issued a low altitude alert to an air carrier on the VOR 4 approach because the flight was right of course. The crew; level at 600 feet; was puzzled by the alert and shortly there after had the runway in sight slightly left.
Narrative: We were flying the VOR 4 approach to LGA. We followed all the step downs on the approach down to 600 feet. Shortly before we broke out; Tower told us that we were right of course and they had a low altitude alert on us. Tower gave us the altimeter setting and I confirmed that we had set the correct altimeter setting. While I was confirming the altimeter setting with Tower; I saw the runway which was slightly to the left. I told Tower that we had the runway and we landed.I'm not sure why Tower got a low altitude alert and as for being slightly to the right of course; it was a non- precision approach.
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