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A B757 flight crew descending at dusk for a visual approach to runway 19L at las responded to an egpws terrain warning.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1121984 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201310 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201-1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | LAS.Airport |
| State Reference | NV |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | B757 Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Final 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 150 Flight Crew Total 14000 Flight Crew Type 4500 |
| Person 2 | |
| Function | First Officer Pilot Not Flying |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 240 Flight Crew Total 16000 Flight Crew Type 7000 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Inflight Event / Encounter CFTT / CFIT |
Narrative:
About 15 miles out we were cleared for a visual approach into las. We came from the northeast sector. I initiated a slow descent in a modified base leg. A few seconds later we inadvertently incurred into the terrain clearance floor triggering the egpws; the RA read 2;500 ft and we heard 'too low; terrain' once. I stopped the descent and climbed slightly. There is a 3;993 MSL hill [in that area]. I was on weather display and the first officer on terrain. We passed the peak and continued the descent for an uneventful landing on 19L.I'd like to suggest that we keep the egpws check for departure and landing on the checklist.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A B757 flight crew descending at dusk for a visual approach to Runway 19L at LAS responded to an EGPWS terrain warning.
Narrative: About 15 miles out we were cleared for a visual approach into LAS. We came from the northeast sector. I initiated a slow descent in a modified base leg. A few seconds later we inadvertently incurred into the terrain clearance floor triggering the EGPWS; the RA read 2;500 FT and we heard 'too low; terrain' once. I stopped the descent and climbed slightly. There is a 3;993 MSL hill [in that area]. I was on weather display and the First Officer on terrain. We passed the peak and continued the descent for an uneventful landing on 19L.I'd like to suggest that we keep the EGPWS check for departure and landing on the checklist.
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.