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On a night; visual base leg following a go-around due to an unstable initial approach; crew of B-737 experienced egpws caution terrain alert.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1265652 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201505 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801-2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ABQ.Airport |
| State Reference | NM |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | B737 Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Initial Approach |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | First Officer Pilot Not Flying |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 218 Flight Crew Type 1500 |
| Person 2 | |
| Function | Captain Pilot Flying |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 237 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Inflight Event / Encounter CFTT / CFIT Inflight Event / Encounter Unstabilized Approach |
Narrative:
Flying the approach to runway 3 at abq; approximately five miles from touchdown; the winds shifted and we were switched to a visual approach for runway 26. Due to the last minute runway change; we were unstable at 1;000 feet and went around. Following the go-around we were set up for a right base to runway 26 at 8;000 feet. There were strong winds at altitude that pushed us wider than I had realized. As we started to configure and begin our turn to final we began our descent. Passing through approximately 7;700 feet the terrain caution sounded. The pilot flying began a climb back to 8;000 feet and the caution silenced. Due to the proximity of the runway and the pressure to land since we had already gone around once neither of us remembered at night a caution terrain required a go-around. After landing and discussing the alert we both realized we should have gone around and set the approach up again. The last minute runway change forced us into being rushed and trying to just make it work. We should have taken an extra vector to slow things down so we could properly set up an RNAV backup. Even though we did set the RNAV visual on the first approach; the subsequent visual with tower was very rushed and we failed to set up a backup approach to help us with terrain clearance. Having an approach with altitudes would have prevented the early descent and the terrain caution.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: On a night; visual base leg following a go-around due to an unstable initial approach; crew of B-737 experienced EGPWS Caution Terrain alert.
Narrative: Flying the Approach to Runway 3 at ABQ; approximately five miles from touchdown; the winds shifted and we were switched to a Visual Approach for Runway 26. Due to the last minute runway change; we were unstable at 1;000 feet and went around. Following the go-around we were set up for a right base to Runway 26 at 8;000 feet. There were strong winds at altitude that pushed us wider than I had realized. As we started to configure and begin our turn to final we began our descent. Passing through approximately 7;700 feet the Terrain Caution sounded. The Pilot Flying began a climb back to 8;000 feet and the caution silenced. Due to the proximity of the runway and the pressure to land since we had already gone around once neither of us remembered at night a Caution Terrain required a go-around. After landing and discussing the alert we both realized we should have gone around and set the approach up again. The last minute runway change forced us into being rushed and trying to just make it work. We should have taken an extra vector to slow things down so we could properly set up an RNAV backup. Even though we did set the RNAV Visual on the first approach; the subsequent visual with Tower was very rushed and we failed to set up a backup approach to help us with terrain clearance. Having an approach with altitudes would have prevented the early descent and the Terrain Caution.
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.