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Emb-145LR captain reported executing an uneventful evasive maneuver during initial approach due to a momentary egpws terrain warning.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1755620 |
| Time | |
| Date | 202008 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201-1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.ARTCC |
| State Reference | US |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | EMB ERJ 145 ER/LR |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Initial Approach |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Captain Pilot Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Inflight Event / Encounter CFTT / CFIT |
Narrative:
The flight was on a visual approach clearance arriving from the south east. The flight remained at the MSA 4;100 ft. Until terrain clearance was assured. At that time a gradual decent was initiated to reach the pattern altitude of 2;800 ft. A momentary egpws annunciation occurred just before the gear was down an locked.aircraft annunciation [egpws]approximate terrain clearance and aircraft configuration. Egpws escape maneuver initiated. Event was less than a second in duration.crew followed sops.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: EMB-145LR Captain reported executing an uneventful evasive maneuver during initial approach due to a momentary EGPWS Terrain warning.
Narrative: The flight was on a visual approach clearance arriving from the south east. The flight remained at the MSA 4;100 ft. until terrain clearance was assured. At that time a gradual decent was initiated to reach the pattern altitude of 2;800 ft. A momentary EGPWS annunciation occurred just before the gear was down an locked.Aircraft annunciation [EGPWS]Approximate terrain clearance and aircraft configuration. EGPWS escape maneuver initiated. Event was less than a second in duration.Crew followed SOPs.
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.