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An air carrier crew reported taking evasive action to egpws caution terrain and pull up warnings on a night visual approach to abq runway 26.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1042938 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201210 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801-2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ABQ.Airport |
| State Reference | NM |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Large Transport Low Wing 3 Turbojet Eng |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Initial Approach |
| Route In Use | Visual Approach |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | First Officer Pilot Not Flying |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 106 Flight Crew Type 4000 |
| Person 2 | |
| Function | Captain Pilot Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 109 Flight Crew Type 22000 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Inflight Event / Encounter CFTT / CFIT |
Narrative:
We were coming in from the west and then cleared for the visual approach 26. As to not get too close to the terrain; we built a three-mile/three degree approach for 26. On the base we were looking good on the FMC glide path to 26 and were a little more than three miles out from the runway. Next came 'caution terrain; caution terrain.' the captain disconnected the autopilot to correct the sink rate. Next we got the 'pull up' warning and the captain applied thrust; pitched up; and turned toward the airport to avoid the terrain. I believe we should have made a 2 NM/3 degree approach; configured on downwind; and stayed in closer to the airport. I also think that an RNAV approach for this runway would be a very good. Also; emergency thrust and more aggressive pitch up.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: An Air Carrier crew reported taking evasive action to EGPWS CAUTION TERRAIN and PULL UP warnings on a night visual approach to ABQ Runway 26.
Narrative: We were coming in from the west and then cleared for the visual approach 26. As to not get too close to the terrain; we built a three-mile/three degree approach for 26. On the base we were looking good on the FMC glide path to 26 and were a little more than three miles out from the runway. Next came 'Caution Terrain; Caution Terrain.' The Captain disconnected the autopilot to correct the sink rate. Next we got the 'Pull Up' warning and the Captain applied thrust; pitched up; and turned toward the airport to avoid the terrain. I believe we should have made a 2 NM/3 degree approach; configured on downwind; and stayed in closer to the airport. I also think that an RNAV approach for this runway would be a very good. Also; emergency thrust and more aggressive pitch up.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2013 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.