Commercial Fixed Wing
Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP); Flight Crew Instrument; Flight Crew Multiengine
Human-Machine Interface; Situational Awareness; Time Pressure; Troubleshooting
Inflight Event / Encounter CFTT / CFIT
Air Traffic Control Issued Advisory / Alert; Flight Crew Became Reoriented
Human Factors
When we were cleared for the visual approach; we did a 3 NM runway extension; while descending on the base turn; ATC informed us of a low altitude alert. We leveled off momentarily to maintain altitude; we were configured properly and stable by 500 ft.; we continued our approach based on the path/angle provided by the PAPI and landed.Poor descent planning while on the visual approach.This low altitude situation could have been prevented if we extended our downwind 1-3 NM more while maintaining our altitude/pattern altitude.
Air Carrier First Officer reported a Terrain Warning issued by the Tower Controller while preparing for a visual approach. The FO stated the cause was poor descent planning and not following SOP's for the type of approach.