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B737 first officer reported ATC issued a low altitude alert on approach into sna when the captain apparently lost situational awareness.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1532362 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201804 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201-1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | SAN.Airport |
| State Reference | CA |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | B737 Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Final Approach Initial Approach |
| Route In Use | Visual Approach |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Pilot Not Flying First Officer |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Instrument |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 250 Flight Crew Type 5945 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Inflight Event / Encounter CFTT / CFIT |
Narrative:
On approach runway 20R to sna on a visual from the west runway 20R. The captain was flying and was cleared visual approach. As we descended over the mountains; I asked him to stop his descent because I felt we were getting to close to the terrain. Just then; ATC also asked if we had the terrain in sight because we were well below the minimum vectoring altitude. The captain had lost situational awareness and responded to me reporting that we were well above the pdi (pilot direction indicator). I realized at that moment that he was not aware of our proximity to the ground. He felt bad; but I felt worse because I had let it get to a point that I was not comfortable. I was well aware of his experience and did not want to offend him. I could hear in the voice of the ATC person that she too was not comfortable to have to question a professional.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: B737 First Officer reported ATC issued a low altitude alert on approach into SNA when the Captain apparently lost situational awareness.
Narrative: On approach Runway 20R to SNA on a visual from the west runway 20R. The Captain was flying and was cleared visual approach. As we descended over the mountains; I asked him to stop his descent because I felt we were getting to close to the terrain. Just then; ATC also asked if we had the terrain in sight because we were well below the minimum vectoring altitude. The Captain had lost Situational Awareness and responded to me reporting that we were well above the PDI (Pilot Direction Indicator). I realized at that moment that he was not aware of our proximity to the ground. He felt bad; but I felt worse because I had let it get to a point that I was not comfortable. I was well aware of his experience and did not want to offend him. I could hear in the voice of the ATC person that she too was not comfortable to have to question a professional.
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.