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A319 captain reported receiving a low altitude alert from ATC on a day visual approach to pit.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1439537 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201704 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201-1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | PIT.TRACON |
| State Reference | PA |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | A319 |
| Flight Phase | Final Approach |
| Route In Use | Visual Approach |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Captain Pilot Not Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Deviation - Altitude Excursion From Assigned Altitude Inflight Event / Encounter CFTT / CFIT |
Narrative:
Captain pilot monitoring (pm); first officer (first officer) pilot flying (PF). Cleared for a visual approach to 28L in day VMC and an altitude of 3;000'; selected direct to the FAF and descended to 2400' on a left base. ATC advised they had received an altitude alert; I noted we had passed a hill and the terrain was sloping downward toward the airport. We maintained our altitude until intercepting the glide path and completed a stabilized approach and landing.going direct to the FAF from a left base and descending too soon.instead of going direct the FAF; should intercept on the approach course some distance back and cross at the instrument crossing altitude.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A319 Captain reported receiving a low altitude alert from ATC on a day visual approach to PIT.
Narrative: Captain Pilot monitoring (PM); First Officer (FO) Pilot Flying (PF). cleared for a visual approach to 28L in day VMC and an altitude of 3;000'; selected direct to the FAF and descended to 2400' on a left base. ATC advised they had received an altitude alert; I noted we had passed a hill and the terrain was sloping downward toward the airport. We maintained our altitude until intercepting the glide path and completed a stabilized approach and landing.Going direct to the FAF from a left base and descending too soon.Instead of going direct the FAF; should intercept on the approach course some distance back and cross at the instrument crossing altitude.
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.