An air carrier crew arriving from the east over miera got an egpws terrain caution followed by a war...

Attributes
ACN	1058526
Time
Date	201212
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	ABQ.Airport
State Reference	NM
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Large Transport Low Wing 2 Turbojet Eng
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Initial Approach
Route In Use	Visual Approach
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Captain Pilot Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 199
Person 2
Function	First Officer Pilot Not Flying
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 263 Flight Crew Type 263
Events
Anomaly	Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Inflight Event / Encounter CFTT / CFIT

Narrative:

Setting up for left base leg to runway 26; arriving from miera. Wind from west at 16 KTS. From a miera to abq track; I made the right turn to enter the pattern on a left base leg. As I rolled out; I determined that I was clear of the terrain to the east; but wanted more clearance. I began maneuvering more to the west; but before the maneuver was complete; I received a terrain caution. I disengaged the autopilot and autothrottles to increase separation; but then received a terrain warning. I then executed the terrain avoidance procedures and a go-around. Tower vectored us to an upwind leg and then cleared us for the visual approach to runway 26. On the second approach; I gave the terrain greater clearance and landed without incident. At no time did I feel the safety of the aircraft was in danger.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: An Air Carrier Crew arriving from the east over MIERA got an EGPWS TERRAIN CAUTION followed by a WARNING while on a left base to ABQ Runway 26 so the Captain executed the escape maneuver and on the second approach maintained a greater terrain clearance.

Narrative: Setting up for left base leg to Runway 26; arriving from MIERA. Wind from west at 16 KTS. From a MIERA to ABQ track; I made the right turn to enter the pattern on a left base leg. As I rolled out; I determined that I was clear of the terrain to the east; but wanted more clearance. I began maneuvering more to the west; but before the maneuver was complete; I received a Terrain Caution. I disengaged the autopilot and autothrottles to increase separation; but then received a Terrain Warning. I then executed the Terrain Avoidance procedures and a go-around. Tower vectored us to an upwind leg and then cleared us for the visual approach to Runway 26. On the second approach; I gave the terrain greater clearance and landed without incident. At no time did I feel the safety of the aircraft was in danger.

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.

An air carrier crew arriving from the east over miera got an egpws terrain caution followed by a warning while on a left base to abq runway 26 so the captain executed the escape maneuver and on the second approach maintained a greater terrain clearance.