C182 pilot reported flying below traffic pattern altitude on downwind.

Attributes
ACN	1579837
Time
Date	201809
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	HND.Airport
State Reference	NV
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Skylane 182/RG Turbo Skylane/RG
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Landing
Route In Use	Direct
Person 1
Function	Single Pilot
Qualification	Flight Crew Private
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 13 Flight Crew Total 959 Flight Crew Type 858
Events
Anomaly	Deviation - Altitude Excursion From Assigned Altitude Deviation - Procedural Clearance Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy

Narrative:

While entering the downwind pattern leg for landing at hnd; cockpit workload increased dramatically and while focused on traffic and airspace the aircraft slipped below pattern altitude. The tower controller notified me of the lower than acceptable altitude so I pulled up; gained altitude and continued on downwind.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: C182 pilot reported flying below traffic pattern altitude on downwind.

Narrative: While entering the downwind pattern leg for landing at HND; cockpit workload increased dramatically and while focused on traffic and airspace the aircraft slipped below pattern altitude. The Tower Controller notified me of the lower than acceptable altitude so I pulled up; gained altitude and continued on downwind.

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.