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Air carrier captain reported receiving a low altitude alert from ATC during a manually programmed approach to tus during night instrument conditions.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1620735 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201902 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZAB.ARTCC |
| State Reference | NM |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | IMC |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Commercial Fixed Wing |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Final Approach |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Captain |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Instrument |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 197.03 Flight Crew Total 3985.07 Flight Crew Type 2869.47 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Deviation - Procedural Clearance Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Inflight Event / Encounter CFTT / CFIT |
Narrative:
IMC conditions in tus at night with ragged ceilings and rain/snow forced an instrument approach to land. Issued a revised clearance enroute from abq center off the field STAR to go direct jokim-tus. Just outside of jokim on initial contact with tus approach; we were given 'upon reaching jokim cleared the RNAV Z 29R. There is no 'approach via' in the FMGC for that approach; so the only points loaded were saxie and atoge. First officer was the PF; so I loaded vedtu; it's associated minimum altitude and closed the discontinuity between vedtu and atoge. First officer (first officer) flew a fine procedurally correct approach and was fully configured and stabilized for landing by saxie. 2-3 miles outside of saxie at 4400 feet; the tower said that we had an 'altitude alert; my min vectoring altitude in your area is 5;000 feet.' we confirmed that we were on a stabilized and established portion of the approach and that the runway was in sight. Flight landed uneventfully after that point.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: Air carrier Captain reported receiving a low altitude alert from ATC during a manually programmed approach to TUS during night instrument conditions.
Narrative: IMC conditions in TUS at night with ragged ceilings and rain/snow forced an instrument approach to land. Issued a revised clearance enroute from ABQ center off the field STAR to go direct JOKIM-TUS. Just outside of JOKIM on initial contact with TUS approach; we were given 'upon reaching JOKIM cleared the RNAV Z 29R. There is no 'approach VIA' in the FMGC for that approach; so the only points loaded were SAXIE and ATOGE. FO was the PF; so I loaded VEDTU; it's associated minimum altitude and closed the discontinuity between VEDTU and ATOGE. FO (First Officer) flew a fine procedurally correct approach and was fully configured and stabilized for landing by SAXIE. 2-3 miles outside of SAXIE at 4400 feet; the tower said that we had an 'altitude alert; my min vectoring altitude in your area is 5;000 feet.' We confirmed that we were on a stabilized and established portion of the approach and that the runway was in sight. Flight landed uneventfully after that point.
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.