G-550 first officer reported receiving a low altitude alert from the tower while on visual approach.

Attributes
ACN	1476115
Time
Date	201708
Local Time Of Day	1801-2400
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Gulfstream V / G500 / G550
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Final Approach
Route In Use	Visual Approach
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	First Officer Pilot Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Events
Anomaly	Deviation - Altitude Excursion From Assigned Altitude Inflight Event / Encounter CFTT / CFIT

Narrative:

On a visual approach to runway 6; approach called to ask the tower to alert us to a low altitude alert. We were in visual conditions approaching the airport off runway centerline. Staying on an IFR approach path would prevent a low altitude condition when in visual conditions.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: G-550 First Officer reported receiving a low altitude alert from the Tower while on visual approach.

Narrative: On a visual approach to runway 6; approach called to ask the tower to alert us to a low altitude alert. We were in visual conditions approaching the airport off runway centerline. Staying on an IFR approach path would prevent a low altitude condition when in visual conditions.

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.