<< >> NASA ASRS Report 1318683, December 2015

An aircraft conducting a visual approach was issued a low altitude warning by the tower. The aircraft was at an appropriate altitude for fixes on the approach.

Attributes
ACN	1318683
Time
Date	201512
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	BWI.Airport
State Reference	MD
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	B737-700
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Initial Approach
Route In Use	Visual Approach
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Captain
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 224
Events
Anomaly	ATC Issue All Types

Narrative:

Cleared for a visual approach from the northeast. Descended to 2100 feet within one mile of final approach fix to turn final. Tower said check altitude for low altitude warning. We responded we were at 2100 feet.extend final to bmore at 2500 feet.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: An aircraft conducting a Visual Approach was issued a low altitude warning by the Tower. The aircraft was at an appropriate altitude for fixes on the approach.

Narrative: Cleared for a visual approach from the northeast. Descended to 2100 feet within one mile of Final Approach Fix to turn final. Tower said check altitude for low altitude warning. We responded we were at 2100 feet.Extend final to BMORE at 2500 feet.

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.