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Air carrier first officer reported climbing in response to an egpws terrain warning on a dusk visual approach to unv airport.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1600329 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201812 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201-1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | UNV.Tower |
| State Reference | PA |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Dusk |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Commercial Fixed Wing |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Initial Approach |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | First Officer Pilot Not Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Multiengine |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 70 Flight Crew Total 3020 Flight Crew Type 785 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Inflight Event / Encounter CFTT / CFIT |
Narrative:
Descending on visual to runway 24. Flying north over mountain range after being cleared for the visual. Passing through 4000-ish down to 3100 (altitude at FAF) and GPWS alerted for terrain; pull up. It was dusk; we could see the outline of the terrain; and didn't expect the alert. Captain disconnected ap; complied with the commands; and then continued the descent to the FAF/approach.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: Air carrier First Officer reported climbing in response to an EGPWS terrain warning on a dusk visual approach to UNV airport.
Narrative: Descending on visual to Runway 24. Flying north over mountain range after being cleared for the visual. Passing through 4000-ish down to 3100 (altitude at FAF) and GPWS alerted for terrain; pull up. It was dusk; we could see the outline of the terrain; and didn't expect the alert. Captain disconnected AP; complied with the commands; and then continued the descent to the FAF/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.