<< >> NASA ASRS Report 1524501, March 2018

B737 flight crew reported executing a missed approach at ewr after ATC issued a low altitude warning and advised the ILS had failed.

Attributes
ACN	1524501
Time
Date	201803
Local Time Of Day	1801-2400
Place
Locale Reference	EWR.Airport
State Reference	NJ
Environment
Flight Conditions	IMC
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	B737-800
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Final Approach
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Captain
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Experience	Flight Crew Type 13508
Person 2
Function	Pilot Flying First Officer
Events
Anomaly	ATC Issue All Types Inflight Event / Encounter CFTT / CFIT

Narrative:

We were executing the ILS 4R approach to ewr. Ceiling was reported to be between 300 and 400 ft and the RVR in excess of 5000. Passing through approximately 500 ft; approach control gave us a low altitude warning. We executed a missed approach. On climb out ATC reported that the ILS to 4R had failed. A subsequent ILS to 4L was successfully accomplished.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: B737 flight crew reported executing a missed approach at EWR after ATC issued a low altitude warning and advised the ILS had failed.

Narrative: We were executing the ILS 4R approach to EWR. Ceiling was reported to be between 300 and 400 ft and the RVR in excess of 5000. Passing through approximately 500 ft; Approach Control gave us a low altitude warning. We executed a missed approach. On climb out ATC reported that the ILS to 4R had failed. A subsequent ILS to 4L was successfully accomplished.

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.