C-525 captain reported a low altitude alert from ATC but was VMC and no factor.

Attributes
ACN	1641071
Time
Date	201904
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Citationjet (C525/C526) - CJ I / II / III / IV
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Final Approach
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Captain Single Pilot
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Multiengine
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 64 Flight Crew Total 10320 Flight Crew Type 623
Events
Anomaly	Deviation - Procedural Clearance Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Inflight Event / Encounter CFTT / CFIT

Narrative:

I was cleared for a RNAV approach. Tower cleared to land; had a visual on the field and runway. Descended to minimum. Tower received an altitude alert. I advised I am in VMC and have visual. Continued to land. Controller changed command to clear for a visual. Landed. Controller filed a deviation.discussed with supervisor and concluded I should have advised IFR flight plan canceled.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: C-525 Captain reported a low altitude alert from ATC but was VMC and no factor.

Narrative: I was cleared for a RNAV approach. Tower cleared to land; had a visual on the field and runway. Descended to minimum. Tower received an altitude alert. I advised I am in VMC and have visual. Continued to land. Controller changed command to clear for a visual. Landed. Controller filed a deviation.Discussed with supervisor and concluded I should have advised IFR flight plan canceled.

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.