Plane drops to 928 feet after autopilot set to 0 altitude

Re:Plane drops to 928 feet after autopilot set to 0 altitude by sehugg on Thursday November 08, 2018 @10:56AM (#18407116)

Is it common to set autopilot below 5,000 feet or so? Seems kind of like setting your cruise control at 25 MPH.

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Re:Plane drops to 928 feet after autopilot set to 0 altitude by mrunkel on Thursday November 08, 2018 @11:05AM (#18407181)

Sure, if you're coming in for a landing, you will dial your autopilot down as you are granted clearance. Ultimately you will switch to approach mode which ignores the set altitude and instead follows the radio signals down to the ground.

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Re:Plane drops to 928 feet after autopilot set to 0 altitude by will_asouka on Thursday November 08, 2018 @11:05AM (#18407180)

Yes. Most approaches start from 2000-4000ft.

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Re:Plane drops to 928 feet after autopilot set to 0 altitude by sokoloff on Thursday November 08, 2018 @11:14AM (#18407258)

Extremely common to use altitude pre-select for intermediate level off points on approach. At my home field, the highest such figure is 2000’ MSL and the lowest 720' MSL for an airport around 150' MSL.

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