Flight crew receives low altitude alert warning.

Attributes
ACN	549606
Time
Date	200205
Day	Wed
Local Time Of Day	1801 To 2400
Place
Locale Reference	airport : sfo.airport
State Reference	CA
Altitude	agl single value : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Operator	general aviation : personal
Make Model Name	Beechjet 400
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	ground : taxi
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	other
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 90 flight time total : 3000 flight time type : 500
ASRS Report	549606
Person 2
Affiliation	other
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 120 flight time total : 5400 flight time type : 1500
ASRS Report	549605
Events
Anomaly	incursion : taxiway non adherence : published procedure non adherence : clearance other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa other flight crewb
Resolutory Action	controller : issued advisory controller : issued new clearance flight crew : became reoriented flight crew : took precautionary avoidance action
Consequence	faa : reviewed incident with flight crew
Supplementary
Problem Areas	ATC Human Performance Flight Crew Human Performance Airport
Primary Problem	Airport
Situations
Airport	construction : sfo.airport markings : sfo.airport signage : sfo.airport
Chart	airport : sfo.airport

Narrative:

Planning ILS 22L but received visual 27. Hard to see runway and PAPI. ILS OTS. Low level alert 900 ft over water. First officer flying. Captain did not hear request to arm LNAV. First officer leveled at 900 ft until picking up glidepath. Supplemental information from acn 548587: received low altitude alert at approximately 900 ft over water on final. Captain did not arm LNAV as requested because didn't hear first officer.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: FLC RECEIVES LOW ALT ALERT WARNING.

Narrative: PLANNING ILS 22L BUT RECEIVED VISUAL 27. HARD TO SEE RWY AND PAPI. ILS OTS. LOW LEVEL ALERT 900 FT OVER WATER. FO FLYING. CAPT DID NOT HEAR REQUEST TO ARM LNAV. FO LEVELED AT 900 FT UNTIL PICKING UP GLIDEPATH. SUPPLEMENTAL INFO FROM ACN 548587: RECEIVED LOW ALT ALERT AT APPROX 900 FT OVER WATER ON FINAL. CAPT DID NOT ARM LNAV AS REQUESTED BECAUSE DIDN'T HEAR FO.

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.