An air carrier F100 crew descended below the MDA on a VMC instrument approach.

Attributes
ACN	356580
Time
Date	199612
Day	Wed
Local Time Of Day	1801 To 2400
Place
Locale Reference	airport : lga
State Reference	NY
Altitude	msl bound lower : 900 msl bound upper : 1000
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tower : lga tower : cle
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Fokker 100
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Navigation In Use	Other Other
Flight Phase	descent : approach landing other
Route In Use	approach : straight in
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : cfi pilot : flight engineer pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 60 flight time total : 6300 flight time type : 2400
ASRS Report	356580
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : second officer
Qualification	pilot : instrument pilot : commercial
ASRS Report	356582
Events
Anomaly	other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : anomaly accepted
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Air Traffic Incident	other

Narrative:

We were cleared for the lda-a runway 22 at lga. PF descended below the MDA prior to reaching the 2.0 DME. Landed normally, ATC made no comment. WX conditions: clear visibility unrestr.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: AN ACR F100 CREW DSNDED BELOW THE MDA ON A VMC INST APCH.

Narrative: WE WERE CLRED FOR THE LDA-A RWY 22 AT LGA. PF DSNDED BELOW THE MDA PRIOR TO REACHING THE 2.0 DME. LANDED NORMALLY, ATC MADE NO COMMENT. WX CONDITIONS: CLR VISIBILITY UNRESTR.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 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.