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Emb-175 pilot reported ATC displaying confusion as to aircraft's position and issued an altitude that was below the MVA.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1554820 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201806 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201-1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | BUR.Airport |
| State Reference | CA |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | EMB ERJ 170/175 ER/LR |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Initial Approach |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | First Officer Pilot Not Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Instrument |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | ATC Issue All Types Inflight Event / Encounter CFTT / CFIT |
Narrative:
Going into burbank in VMC; we were told to fly a heading off the arrival. We were then told to descend and maintain 4;000 feet. Not long after; ATC issued a low altitude alert asking us to climb and maintain 5;000 feet immediately after we were asked to just maintain the same 4;000 feet. Before all of this occurred the approach controller we were transferred to was confused on where we were at on the arrival and I had to tell him that we were past the last fix. He had seemed really confused. I believe that the controller was not paying attention to us when we were transferred over to him; causing him to send us to a low enough altitude that triggered a low altitude alert for him.ATC seemed confused of where we were and confused on which approach we requested. I believe that he was either not paying attention or was just confused. [My suggestion is to] ask ATC to confirm everything; especially when they seem confused.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: EMB-175 pilot reported ATC displaying confusion as to aircraft's position and issued an altitude that was below the MVA.
Narrative: Going into Burbank in VMC; we were told to fly a heading off the arrival. We were then told to descend and maintain 4;000 feet. Not long after; ATC issued a low altitude alert asking us to climb and maintain 5;000 feet immediately after we were asked to just maintain the same 4;000 feet. Before all of this occurred the Approach Controller we were transferred to was confused on where we were at on the arrival and I had to tell him that we were past the last fix. He had seemed really confused. I believe that the controller was not paying attention to us when we were transferred over to him; causing him to send us to a low enough altitude that triggered a low altitude alert for him.ATC seemed confused of where we were and confused on which approach we requested. I believe that he was either not paying attention or was just confused. [My suggestion is to] ask ATC to confirm everything; especially when they seem confused.
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.