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Air taxi captain reported while on approach and receiving a heading and altitude instruction from ATC; shortly thereafter receiving a terrain alert from ATC.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1753552 |
| Time | |
| Date | 202007 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801-2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.TRACON |
| State Reference | US |
| Environment | |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Light Transport Low Wing 2 Turbojet Eng |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | Initial Approach |
| Route In Use | Vectors STAR ZZZZZ4 |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Captain Pilot Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Multiengine |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 60 Flight Crew Total 11000 Flight Crew Type 600 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | ATC Issue All Types Deviation - Altitude Excursion From Assigned Altitude Deviation - Procedural Clearance Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Inflight Event / Encounter CFTT / CFIT |
Narrative:
Part 91 flight [to] ZZZ with no passengers. Was descending on the [STAR] arrival into ZZZ. Reached the final fix of the arrival (zzzzz) for radar vectors at 8;000 ft. TRACON controller gave us a heading of 190; descend to 6;300 ft. Made the turn to 190 and started down at 1;000 fpm; then at 7;300 ft. The controller gave command of 'alt alert; turn immediately to a heading of 340 and climb to 8;000 ft!' we made the turn and climb. On the original vector; we noticed on the assigned heading we where aimed towards [canyon] which has a peak of 5;720 ft.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: Air taxi Captain reported while on approach and receiving a heading and altitude instruction from ATC; shortly thereafter receiving a terrain alert from ATC.
Narrative: Part 91 flight [to] ZZZ with no passengers. Was descending on the [STAR] arrival into ZZZ. Reached the final fix of the arrival (ZZZZZ) for radar vectors at 8;000 ft. TRACON Controller gave us a heading of 190; descend to 6;300 ft. Made the turn to 190 and started down at 1;000 fpm; then at 7;300 ft. the Controller gave command of 'alt alert; turn immediately to a heading of 340 and climb to 8;000 ft!' We made the turn and climb. On the original vector; we noticed on the assigned heading we where aimed towards [canyon] which has a peak of 5;720 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.