<< >> NASA ASRS Report 1361552, June 2016

B737 first officer reported his captain being very low at the outer marker. The tower issued a low altitude alert and the captain made the adjustment and continued to land.

Attributes
ACN	1361552
Time
Date	201606
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	B737-700
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Final Approach
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	First Officer Pilot Not Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 240 Flight Crew Type 9000
Events
Anomaly	Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Inflight Event / Encounter CFTT / CFIT

Narrative:

The captain was flying when cleared for the visual approach. Around the outer marker; the captain was so low that the tower issued low altitude alert to our flight. The captain made an adjustment and our flight continued on without incident to a normal landing. Fly the visual approach and back it up with the instrument approach.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: B737 First Officer reported his Captain being very low at the outer marker. The Tower issued a low altitude alert and the Captain made the adjustment and continued to land.

Narrative: The Captain was flying when cleared for the visual approach. Around the outer marker; the Captain was so low that the Tower issued low altitude alert to our flight. The Captain made an adjustment and our flight continued on without incident to a normal landing. Fly the visual approach and back it up with the instrument approach.

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.