Narrative:

During the approach into mfr; in VMC conditions; we called the airport in sight; and were cleared for a visual approach to runway 32. We began visual descent to the airport over the mountainous terrain. The terrain was in sight. Passing over the last line of mountain ridges; about 15-20 miles south of the runway; we got a GPWS terrain warring. The pilot flying (PF) arrested the descent; until we were further clear of the mountains and then resumed the descent. The lowest altitude I saw on the radar altimeter was 2;200 feet as we passed over the ridge line. We had visual contact with the terrain; descent rates were normal; and there was no critical threat. The PF simply 'shaved it a little too close.'the airport is surrounded by high mountains to the south. The PF may have gotten just slightly low over the last ridge line; trying to get positioned for the approach to rw 32; with normal descent rates.we should have maintained a slightly higher altitude over the ridge line; and then a faster rate of descent; between the mountains and the airport; in order to get on glide path.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: An air carrier descending into MFR activated the EGPWS while descending over the mountains on a visual for Runway 32 but arrested the rate of descent to stop the alert.

Narrative: During the approach into MFR; in VMC conditions; we called the airport in sight; and were cleared for a visual approach to runway 32. We began visual descent to the airport over the mountainous terrain. The terrain was in sight. Passing over the last line of mountain ridges; about 15-20 miles south of the runway; we got a GPWS Terrain warring. The Pilot Flying (PF) arrested the descent; until we were further clear of the mountains and then resumed the descent. The lowest altitude I saw on the Radar altimeter was 2;200 feet as we passed over the ridge line. We had visual contact with the terrain; descent rates were normal; and there was no critical threat. The PF simply 'shaved it a little too close.'The airport is surrounded by high mountains to the south. The PF may have gotten just slightly low over the last ridge line; trying to get positioned for the approach to RW 32; with normal descent rates.We should have maintained a slightly higher altitude over the ridge line; and then a faster rate of descent; between the mountains and the airport; in order to get on glide path.

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.