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Flight crew reported receiving a low altitude alert from the tower on a night visual approach to tus runway 11L.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1214619 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201411 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801-2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | TUS.Tower |
| State Reference | AZ |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Medium Large Transport Low Wing 2 Turbojet Eng |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Final Approach |
| Route In Use | Visual Approach |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Pilot Flying Captain |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Multiengine |
| Person 2 | |
| Function | Pilot Flying First Officer |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Multiengine |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Deviation - Altitude Excursion From Assigned Altitude Deviation - Procedural Clearance Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Inflight Event / Encounter CFTT / CFIT |
Narrative:
Night visual approach to 11L at tus. First officer (first officer) flying. Clear night. Runway acquired on downwind. Advised tower 'runway in sight' on base. During dogleg left turn to final the first officer lost sight of his visual acquisition of the runway and lost his intercept angle to the final approach fix. I also lost sight of the runway as my head was down configuring the aircraft and completing the before landing checklist. Tower advised of a low altitude alert. We advised tower we had lost sight and requested vectors to another approach. Landed without incident. Low runway light setting contributed to our loss of situational awareness.regardless of who is flying; in the future I will not allow the aircraft to descend below the FAF altitude outside of the fix at any time; even on a visual approach. I will also be more forceful in asking the tower to turn up the runway lights on night visuals if the lighting environment is difficult.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: Flight crew reported receiving a low altitude alert from the tower on a night visual approach to TUS runway 11L.
Narrative: Night visual approach to 11L at TUS. First Officer (FO) flying. Clear night. Runway acquired on downwind. Advised tower 'runway in sight' on base. During dogleg left turn to final the FO lost sight of his visual acquisition of the runway and lost his intercept angle to the final approach fix. I also lost sight of the runway as my head was down configuring the aircraft and completing the Before Landing Checklist. Tower advised of a low altitude alert. We advised tower we had lost sight and requested vectors to another approach. Landed without incident. Low runway light setting contributed to our loss of situational awareness.Regardless of who is flying; in the future I will not allow the aircraft to descend below the FAF altitude outside of the fix at any time; even on a visual approach. I will also be more forceful in asking the tower to turn up the runway lights on night visuals if the lighting environment is difficult.
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.