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E145 captain reported a GPWS warning on approach with the terrain in sight.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1582241 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201810 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201-1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.Airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | EMB ERJ 145 ER/LR |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Final Approach |
| Route In Use | Visual Approach |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Captain Pilot Not Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Multiengine |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Inflight Event / Encounter CFTT / CFIT Inflight Event / Encounter Weather / Turbulence |
Narrative:
While operating aircraft X; we had a GPWS event. I was the pilot monitoring (pm) and the first officer was the pilot flying (PF). It was a clear day and we had the terrain in sight the whole time. We had been cleared for the visual approach into ZZZ and were configuring to land; coming over the hills/mountains. There was some turbulence and as we were coming over the mountains; we received the GPWS warnings. I had previously mentioned to the first officer it might be advisable to stay slightly high until we we're past the hills/mountains. Once we received the warnings; we immediately stopped the descent and complied with the GPWS command. We continued on with the visual approach and landed without any issue. We detected the event had occurred when we got the GPWS warning.the cause of the event could be attributed to the mountainous terrain; slight turbulence; and the fact that we were cleared for the visual approach and descended slightly early coming over the terrain.once we received the GPWS warnings; we arrested the descent and complied with the GPWS commands.to avoid events like this; it might be helpful to delay getting cleared for the visual until you're closer to the airports; past terrain such as hills/mountains. Also; stay at a slightly higher altitude when crossing over terrain such as hills/mountains.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: E145 Captain reported a GPWS warning on approach with the terrain in sight.
Narrative: While operating Aircraft X; we had a GPWS event. I was the Pilot Monitoring (PM) and the first officer was the pilot flying (PF). It was a clear day and we had the terrain in sight the whole time. We had been cleared for the visual approach into ZZZ and were configuring to land; coming over the hills/mountains. There was some turbulence and as we were coming over the mountains; we received the GPWS warnings. I had previously mentioned to the first officer it might be advisable to stay slightly high until we we're past the hills/mountains. Once we received the warnings; we immediately stopped the descent and complied with the GPWS command. We continued on with the visual approach and landed without any issue. We detected the event had occurred when we got the GPWS warning.The cause of the event could be attributed to the mountainous terrain; slight turbulence; and the fact that we were cleared for the visual approach and descended slightly early coming over the terrain.Once we received the GPWS warnings; we arrested the descent and complied with the GPWS commands.To avoid events like this; it might be helpful to delay getting cleared for the visual until you're closer to the airports; past terrain such as hills/mountains. Also; stay at a slightly higher altitude when crossing over terrain such as hills/mountains.
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.