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A pilot practicing approaches reported executing a go-around after the flight crew descended below a crossing restriction and received a low altitude alert from ATC.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1747275 |
| Time | |
| Date | 202006 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801-2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.Airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Military Trainer |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | Initial Approach |
| Route In Use | Other VOR X |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Pilot Flying Captain |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Flight Instructor |
| Experience | Air Traffic Control Military 10 Flight Crew Last 90 Days 313 Flight Crew Total 2278 Flight Crew Type 1841 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Deviation - Altitude Excursion From Assigned Altitude Deviation - Procedural Clearance Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Inflight Event / Encounter CFTT / CFIT |
| Miss Distance | Vertical 600 |
Narrative:
Conducting a military training flight. Flew 2 ILS approaches and executed published missed to hold at a fix at 10;300 feet and set up for a different approach. I initially requested a procedure turn; but then realized our position did not make sense and amended the request for a straight in approach. Aircraft was VMC. Once cleared for approach we left 10;300 feet for crossing altitude of 8;100 feet. Due to task saturation and change of request for approach clearance the pilots did not see the nopt altitude of 8;700 feet until 16 DME and mistakenly descended to 8;100 feet 6 miles early. Upon notification by approach of a low altitude alert; aircrew immediately waved off; re-established in holding and copied the phone number and coordinated clearance back to our point of origin. The aircrew verified our publications were up to date and re-established good CRM with the aircraft in a safe position.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A pilot practicing approaches reported executing a go-around after the flight crew descended below a crossing restriction and received a low altitude alert from ATC.
Narrative: Conducting a military training flight. Flew 2 ILS Approaches and executed published missed to hold at a fix at 10;300 feet and set up for a different approach. I initially requested a procedure turn; but then realized our position did not make sense and amended the request for a straight in approach. Aircraft was VMC. Once cleared for approach we left 10;300 feet for crossing altitude of 8;100 feet. Due to task saturation and change of request for approach clearance the pilots did not see the NoPT altitude of 8;700 feet until 16 DME and mistakenly descended to 8;100 feet 6 miles early. Upon notification by Approach of a low altitude alert; aircrew immediately waved off; re-established in holding and copied the phone number and coordinated clearance back to our point of origin. The aircrew verified our publications were up to date and re-established good CRM with the aircraft in a safe position.
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.