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An air carrier captain reported the first officer descended below glidepath below the ATC minimum vectoring altitude.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1744865 |
| Time | |
| Date | 202006 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801-2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | D01.TRACON |
| State Reference | CO |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | B737 Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Landing |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Captain Pilot Not Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Multiengine |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 150 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Deviation - Altitude Overshoot Deviation - Procedural Clearance Inflight Event / Encounter CFTT / CFIT |
Narrative:
On visual approach the first officer dialed in 7000 feet and level change. We were on glidepath and then got below the path. Approach advised us we were below minimum vectoring altitude.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: An air carrier Captain reported the First Officer descended below glidepath below the ATC Minimum Vectoring Altitude.
Narrative: On Visual Approach the First Officer dialed in 7000 feet and Level Change. We were on glidepath and then got below the path. Approach advised us we were below minimum vectoring altitude.
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.