Emb-145 flight crew reported ATC issued a low altitude alert on the night visual approach to runway ...

Attributes
ACN	1596162
Time
Date	201811
Local Time Of Day	1801-2400
Place
Locale Reference	ABE.Airport
State Reference	PA
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	EMB ERJ 145 ER/LR
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Descent
Route In Use	Visual Approach
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Pilot Flying First Officer
Qualification	Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 200 Flight Crew Type 325
Person 2
Function	Captain Pilot Not Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Instrument
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 200 Flight Crew Total 9000 Flight Crew Type 1500
Events
Anomaly	Deviation - Altitude Excursion From Assigned Altitude Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Inflight Event / Encounter CFTT / CFIT

Narrative:

WX report showed to expect runway 24. Upon getting closer to abe and getting ATIS; and contacting abe; [we were] issued runway 31. [We] loaded approach and [were] cleared visual approach to [runway] 31. I was pulling up the approach plate on ipad; and pilot monitoring said something about setting 600 feet. After I had approach plate selected; we were contacted by abe tower and told they had a low altitude alert. I saw that 600 feet was set into the altitude; as opposed to the 2;000 feet I had set when we were at 3;000 feet and assigned 2;000 feet. While in the descent we were cleared for a visual at which point pilot monitoring set 600 feet for MDA for RNAV 31 and the 2;000 foot altitude had not captured yet causing us to descend below selected altitude.altitude set by pilot monitoring while pilot flying was pulling up approach plate on ipad and not clearly understanding what was said by pilot monitoring.disconnected autopilot and climbed to safe altitude and continued visual approach. Ensuring any altitude selection done by either pilot is clearly called out per SOP; load and clear; and repeated if necessary until other pilot replies and confirms selected altitude set in altitude pre-selector

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: EMB-145 flight crew reported ATC issued a low altitude alert on the night visual approach to Runway 31 at ABE.

Narrative: WX report showed to expect Runway 24. Upon getting closer to ABE and getting ATIS; and contacting ABE; [we were] issued Runway 31. [We] loaded approach and [were] cleared visual approach to [Runway] 31. I was pulling up the approach plate on iPad; and Pilot Monitoring said something about setting 600 feet. After I had approach plate selected; we were contacted by ABE Tower and told they had a low altitude alert. I saw that 600 feet was set into the altitude; as opposed to the 2;000 feet I had set when we were at 3;000 feet and assigned 2;000 feet. While in the descent we were cleared for a visual at which point pilot monitoring set 600 feet for MDA for RNAV 31 and the 2;000 foot altitude had not captured yet causing us to descend below selected altitude.Altitude set by Pilot Monitoring while Pilot Flying was pulling up approach plate on iPad and not clearly understanding what was said by Pilot Monitoring.Disconnected autopilot and climbed to safe altitude and continued visual approach. Ensuring any altitude selection done by either pilot is clearly called out per SOP; load and clear; and repeated if necessary until other pilot replies and confirms selected altitude set in altitude pre-selector

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Emb-145 flight crew reported ATC issued a low altitude alert on the night visual approach to runway 31 at abe.