<< >> NASA ASRS Report 1255795, April 2015

During gusty conditions at den a B737 egpws alerted 'sink rate' during landing so the first officer corrected the rate of descent and landed.

Attributes
ACN	1255795
Time
Date	201504
Local Time Of Day	1801-2400
Place
Locale Reference	DEN.Airport
State Reference	CO
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	B737 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Final Approach
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Captain Pilot Not Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Events
Anomaly	Inflight Event / Encounter CFTT / CFIT Inflight Event / Encounter Weather / Turbulence Inflight Event / Encounter Unstabilized Approach

Narrative:

Gusty winds landing in den; on approach received a GPWS 'sink rate'; first officer corrected; normal landing.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: During gusty conditions at DEN a B737 EGPWS alerted 'Sink Rate' during landing so the First Officer corrected the rate of descent and landed.

Narrative: Gusty winds landing in DEN; on approach received a GPWS 'sink rate'; First Officer corrected; normal landing.

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.