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Flight crew of an air cargo company reported receiving a clearance into a mountainous airport at an altitude below the FAF.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1386165 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201609 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801-2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ABQ.Airport |
| State Reference | NM |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Widebody Transport |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Final Approach Initial Approach |
| Route In Use | Visual Approach |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Pilot Flying First Officer |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 90 Flight Crew Total 13800 Flight Crew Type 4800 |
| Person 2 | |
| Function | Pilot Not Flying Captain |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 70 Flight Crew Total 14000 Flight Crew Type 1000 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | ATC Issue All Types Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy |
Narrative:
Upon contact with abq approach; we were given a clearance down to 6000 feet and told to expect a visual approach to runaway 3. We were expecting a right base to the runway. We then got a clearance to continue north for sequencing behind traffic. We didn't realize at the time that 6000 feet was below the FAF altitude. We continued the descent while receiving vectors for the visual.once approach turned us back to the field; we had the field in sight and accepted the visual approach to runaway 3. We realized then that 6000 feet was below the FAF altitude. We continued to maneuver at 1000 feet or more AGL until joining final to the runway and continued and landed. Our concern is why approach gave us an altitude less than 1000 feet afe and our failure to recognize it.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: Flight crew of an air cargo company reported receiving a clearance into a mountainous airport at an altitude below the FAF.
Narrative: Upon contact with ABQ approach; we were given a clearance down to 6000 feet and told to expect a visual approach to runaway 3. We were expecting a right base to the runway. We then got a clearance to continue north for sequencing behind traffic. We didn't realize at the time that 6000 feet was below the FAF altitude. We continued the descent while receiving vectors for the visual.Once approach turned us back to the field; we had the field in sight and accepted the visual approach to runaway 3. We realized then that 6000 feet was below the FAF altitude. We continued to maneuver at 1000 feet or more AGL until joining final to the runway and continued and landed. Our concern is why approach gave us an altitude less than 1000 feet AFE and our failure to recognize it.
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.