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EMB175 first officer experiences a too low gear warning when the captain descends to the FAF altitude well outside the FAF. A ridge to the east of the FAF triggered the warning which ceased when the terrain dropped to field elevation.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1277844 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201507 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201-1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | SYR.Airport |
| State Reference | NY |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | EMB ERJ 170/175 ER/LR |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Initial Approach |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Pilot Not Flying First Officer |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Inflight Event / Encounter CFTT / CFIT |
Narrative:
We were cleared for the approach pretty far out. The captain was flying and dialed in the final approach fix altitude and began the descent while I was switching onto tower and getting clearance to land. We descended way too fast and came over a ridge getting 700 feet AGL and got a landing gear aural warning. Shortly after the warning the ridge began to drop off and we were back to nearly 1;300 feet AGL.paying attention to MSA on approach and not getting into the habit of just dialing in final approach fix altitude and dropping to it when cleared for the approach.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: EMB175 First Officer experiences a too low gear warning when the Captain descends to the FAF altitude well outside the FAF. A ridge to the east of the FAF triggered the warning which ceased when the terrain dropped to field elevation.
Narrative: We were cleared for the approach pretty far out. The Captain was flying and dialed in the final approach fix altitude and began the descent while I was switching onto tower and getting clearance to land. We descended way too fast and came over a ridge getting 700 feet AGL and got a landing gear aural warning. Shortly after the warning the ridge began to drop off and we were back to nearly 1;300 feet AGL.Paying attention to MSA on approach and not getting into the habit of just dialing in final approach fix altitude and dropping to it when cleared for the approach.
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.