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The captain of an emb-505 reported that they flew the pattern at between 500 and 800 AGL when they got a GPWS warning.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1499170 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201711 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201-1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.Airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | EMB-505 / Phenom 300 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | Initial Approach |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Pilot Not Flying Captain |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Deviation - Altitude Overshoot Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Inflight Event / Encounter CFTT / CFIT Inflight Event / Encounter Unstabilized Approach |
Narrative:
Because the weather was very clear VMC; we selected the visual to [runway] xx. My partner briefed a 45 entry to the left downwind to xx. His briefing was somewhat truncated due to fatigue. He missed briefing pattern altitude; so I pointed out to him; 2700 MSL or 1500 AGL. We were late in picking up the field because it was hard to see. We were inside 5 miles when we finally saw it. He began maneuvering and descending to pattern altitude while I was busy cancelling IFR; squawking 1200 and communicating on unicom. While I was busy; he set 1700 in the altitude alerter mistakenly thinking it was pattern altitude. As we blew through 2700 I noticed how low we were and said I think we are low. As we continued descending; I noticed he leveled at 1700 and told him he needed to climb. He acknowledged; but failed to climb. We ended up flying the pattern at between 500 and 800 AGL. We began configuring; and after flaps 1; we got the gear GPWS warning. On final; he became high and fast; but was able to get somewhat stable by 300 feet. We landed long down the runway; but got it stopped.fatigue was a huge issue; it clouded our judgment and weakened our briefing and situational awareness. I should have emphasized the points he missed on the briefing. I should have been more forceful in making him climb back to 2700. I should have called for a go around when he was not stable by 500 ft.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: The Captain of an EMB-505 reported that they flew the pattern at between 500 and 800 AGL when they got a GPWS warning.
Narrative: Because the weather was very clear VMC; we selected the visual to [Runway] XX. My partner briefed a 45 entry to the left downwind to XX. His briefing was somewhat truncated due to fatigue. He missed briefing pattern altitude; so I pointed out to him; 2700 MSL or 1500 AGL. We were late in picking up the field because it was hard to see. We were inside 5 miles when we finally saw it. He began maneuvering and descending to pattern altitude while I was busy cancelling IFR; squawking 1200 and communicating on UNICOM. While I was busy; he set 1700 in the altitude alerter mistakenly thinking it was pattern altitude. As we blew through 2700 I noticed how low we were and said I think we are low. As we continued descending; I noticed he leveled at 1700 and told him he needed to climb. He acknowledged; but failed to climb. We ended up flying the pattern at between 500 and 800 AGL. We began configuring; and after flaps 1; we got the gear GPWS warning. On final; he became high and fast; but was able to get somewhat stable by 300 feet. We landed long down the runway; but got it stopped.Fatigue was a huge issue; it clouded our judgment and weakened our briefing and situational awareness. I should have emphasized the points he missed on the briefing. I should have been more forceful in making him climb back to 2700. I should have called for a go around when he was not stable by 500 ft.
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.