Narrative:

First officer was on base leg to btv and descending to traffic pattern altitude (tpa) of 1;800 ft MSL when passing through 2;000 ft MSL; the egpws 'terrain' aural alert was issued. The first officer stopped the descent and initiated a shallow climb to clear the aural alert; leveled momentarily; then resumed the scheduled descent to the field with no further incident. Both the captain and first officer verified that no terrain on the mfd was in conflict with the aircraft and a visual check of the surrounding terrain was verified. No further alerts were issued and the approach was completed per normal company profile.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: CRJ-200 First Officer experiences an EGPWS terrain warning during a day visual approach to BTV. The descent is stopped and a shallow climb is initiated which silences the warning. The visual approach is continued to landing.

Narrative: First Officer was on base leg to BTV and descending to Traffic Pattern Altitude (TPA) of 1;800 FT MSL when passing through 2;000 FT MSL; the EGPWS 'TERRAIN' aural alert was issued. The First Officer stopped the descent and initiated a shallow climb to clear the aural alert; leveled momentarily; then resumed the scheduled descent to the field with no further incident. Both the Captain and First Officer verified that no terrain on the MFD was in conflict with the aircraft and a visual check of the surrounding terrain was verified. No further alerts were issued and the approach was completed per normal company profile.

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.