An air carrier on approach to xna runway 16 was blown away from the runway by an approaching cell wh...

Attributes
ACN	1168013
Time
Date	201404
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	XNA.Airport
State Reference	AR
Environment
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Large Transport Low Wing 2 Turbojet Eng
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Initial Approach
Route In Use	Visual Approach
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	First Officer Pilot Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Person 2
Function	Captain Pilot Not Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Events
Anomaly	Deviation - Altitude Excursion From Assigned Altitude Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Inflight Event / Encounter Weather / Turbulence

Narrative:

Approach into xna from the south; cross east of the field; left turn onto left downwind. Line of thunderstorms moving in from the southwest[with] winds quite strong at pattern altitude. [We were] attempting to hustle down and get on the ground prior to the storms' arrival. Approach cleared [us] to 3;000 on downwind. Got a turn to base and looking cross cockpit to find field; not where I expected [as] we had been blown further out than expected. Called field in sight; but slow descent as now we were much further out than expected. Cleared visual approach and armed localizer/GS. VMC entire time; runway always in sight. Captain selects FAF altitude; in a slow descent intending to intercept glideslope from below but reached FAF altitude first; but because of winds further out than expected; tower asked about a low altitude alert; we went up 200 feet and intercepted glideslope and landed visually.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: An air carrier on approach to XNA Runway 16 was blown away from the runway by an approaching cell while descending on a left base for a visual. ATC issued a low altitude alert after which the crew climbed to the glideslope.

Narrative: Approach into XNA from the south; cross east of the field; left turn onto left downwind. Line of thunderstorms moving in from the southwest[with] winds quite strong at pattern altitude. [We were] attempting to hustle down and get on the ground prior to the storms' arrival. Approach cleared [us] to 3;000 on downwind. Got a turn to base and looking cross cockpit to find field; not where I expected [as] we had been blown further out than expected. Called field in sight; but slow descent as now we were much further out than expected. Cleared visual approach and armed LOC/GS. VMC entire time; runway always in sight. Captain selects FAF altitude; in a slow descent intending to intercept glideslope from below but reached FAF altitude first; but because of winds further out than expected; Tower asked about a low altitude alert; we went up 200 feet and intercepted glideslope and landed visually.

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.

An air carrier on approach to xna runway 16 was blown away from the runway by an approaching cell while descending on a left base for a visual. ATC issued a low altitude alert after which the crew climbed to the glideslope.