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Air carrier flight crew reported taking evasive action in response to a GPWS terrain warning on the 8R approach to elp.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1590388 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201811 |
| Local Time Of Day | 0001-0600 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ELP.Tower |
| State Reference | TX |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Commercial Fixed Wing |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Initial Approach |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Pilot Flying Captain |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Multiengine |
| Person 2 | |
| Function | Pilot Not Flying First Officer |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Multiengine |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Inflight Event / Encounter CFTT / CFIT |
Narrative:
On the WAZKO1 arrival into el paso; deviating around thunderstorm cells; proceeding direct to koach intersection on the arrival. [We] descended to 7;500; [were] handed off to tower; [and] called the field in sight. [We were] cleared for the visual approach; maintain 6;000 ft until turning base to final. No instrument approach is available for 8R so I 'navved' the aircraft on the centerline fix approach course; started a descent; and started to configure. Tower asked us if we were going over the hill; a ridge line between us and the runway; we said yes and the tower rescinded the 6;000 foot altitude restriction. We continued the approach keeping the runway and ridge line in sight; approaching the ridge line we got the egpws warning; we reacted to it until we were clear of the ridge line and continued the approach to a normal landing. Charted visual approach procedure to runway 8R at elp; company information on visual approaches to runway 8R at elp.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: Air carrier flight crew reported taking evasive action in response to a GPWS terrain warning on the 8R approach to ELP.
Narrative: On the WAZKO1 Arrival into El Paso; deviating around thunderstorm cells; proceeding direct to KOACH intersection on the arrival. [We] descended to 7;500; [were] handed off to Tower; [and] called the field in sight. [We were] cleared for the visual approach; maintain 6;000 FT until turning base to final. No instrument approach is available for 8R so I 'navved' the aircraft on the centerline fix approach course; started a descent; and started to configure. Tower asked us if we were going over the hill; a ridge line between us and the runway; we said yes and the Tower rescinded the 6;000 foot altitude restriction. We continued the approach keeping the runway and ridge line in sight; approaching the ridge line we got the EGPWS warning; we reacted to it until we were clear of the ridge line and continued the approach to a normal landing. Charted visual approach procedure to Runway 8R at ELP; company information on visual approaches to runway 8R at ELP.
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.