Cirrus Vision SJ50
Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP); Flight Crew Instrument; Flight Crew Flight Instructor
Flight Crew Last 90 Days 150; Flight Crew Total 3400; Flight Crew Type 500
Distraction; Situational Awareness; Training / Qualification
Deviation - Altitude Overshoot; Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Clearance; Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Published Material / Policy; Inflight Event / Encounter CFTT / CFIT
Air Traffic Control Issued Advisory / Alert; Flight Crew Became Reoriented; Flight Crew FLC complied w / Automation / Advisory
Chart Or Publication; Company Policy; Procedure; Human Factors
My student got very low on an approach. I was hoping he would realize his mistake without my intervention. I forgot that we had picked up an IFR to get through a patch of rain. We were VMC at the time and obstacle clearance was assured. We received a low altitude alert from ATC and at that point; we called off the approach and officially changed it to a Visual Approach and landed.
An instructor pilot reported observing the student descend too low on the approach when ATC issued a low altitude alert.