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Air carrier first officer reported starting out high on approach; disconnected the autopilot to adjust and wound up getting low on the glideslope with ATC issuing a low altitude alert. Pilot reported correcting and landed.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1436589 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201703 |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601-1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.TRACON |
| State Reference | US |
| Environment | |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Large Transport |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Initial Approach |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Pilot Flying First Officer |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | ATC Issue All Types Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Inflight Event / Encounter CFTT / CFIT |
Narrative:
When descending on the arrival; we were given a vector to join final that kept us high on the approach while following traffic to [the runway] I disconnected the autopilot to catch the glideslope; I ended up getting about a dot low on the glideslope and got an ATC low altitude alert at approximately 1500 ft. I corrected on the glideslope and landed without further incident.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: Air carrier First Officer reported starting out high on approach; disconnected the autopilot to adjust and wound up getting low on the glideslope with ATC issuing a low altitude alert. Pilot reported correcting and landed.
Narrative: When descending on the arrival; we were given a vector to join final that kept us high on the approach while following traffic to [the runway] I disconnected the autopilot to catch the glideslope; I ended up getting about a dot low on the glideslope and got an ATC low altitude alert at approximately 1500 ft. I corrected on the glideslope and landed without further incident.
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.