Citationjet (C525/C526) - CJ I / II / III / IV
Flight Crew Instrument; Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Flight Crew Last 90 Days 75; Flight Crew Total 17700; Flight Crew Type 1500
Situational Awareness
Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural FAR; Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Published Material / Policy; Inflight Event / Encounter CFTT / CFIT
Air Traffic Control Issued Advisory / Alert; Flight Crew Took Evasive Action
Procedure; Human Factors; Airport
I had one of the aircraft owners in the cockpit and he was actually flying the airplane. We were on base to final turn on a visual approach. We had been descending at a fairly high rate about 1;500-2;000 FPM. We were leveling off at about 1;500 feet AGL when ATC notified us of a low altitude alert. I suspect it was caused by the high descent rate. There was no danger as we were already correcting.
A corporate pilot and the aircraft's owner were provided a low altitude alert from ATC. The Pilot suspects that it was due to a high descent rate.