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A C-208 pilot being given a route check by a check airman received GPWS terrain warning and an ATC issued low altitude alert while conducting an RNAV (GPS) runway 20L approach to fai. A communications breakdown between the reporter and the check airman was cited as a contributing factor.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1142879 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201401 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201-1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | FAI.Airport |
| State Reference | AK |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Caravan 208A |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 135 |
| Flight Phase | Final Approach |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Single Pilot Captain |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Flight Instructor Flight Crew Instrument |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 75 Flight Crew Total 20000 Flight Crew Type 310 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Deviation - Altitude Excursion From Assigned Altitude Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Deviation - Procedural Clearance Inflight Event / Encounter CFTT / CFIT |
Narrative:
I received a terrain warning alert and low altitude alert notification from fairbanks approach [while on the] GPS 20L approach into fairbanks international. At the time; corrections were already being made.I was undergoing a route check with a company check airman; and the check airman was attempting to be helpful; but there was a communications breakdown between the pilots resulting in confusion [as to the minimum] altitude of that approach segment.better communications and understanding between the airmen would have helped prevent this problem.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A C-208 pilot being given a route check by a check airman received GPWS Terrain warning and an ATC issued Low Altitude Alert while conducting an RNAV (GPS) Runway 20L approach to FAI. A communications breakdown between the reporter and the Check Airman was cited as a contributing factor.
Narrative: I received a terrain warning alert and low altitude alert notification from Fairbanks Approach [while on the] GPS 20L Approach into Fairbanks International. At the time; corrections were already being made.I was undergoing a route check with a company check airman; and the check airman was attempting to be helpful; but there was a communications breakdown between the pilots resulting in confusion [as to the minimum] altitude of that approach segment.Better communications and understanding between the airmen would have helped prevent this problem.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site 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.