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B777-200 flight crew experienced an egpws terrain warning at 500 ft AGL on and ILS approach in VMC conditions to runway 19R at iad.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 828209 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200903 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801-2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | IAD.Airport |
| State Reference | DC |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | B777-200 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Initial Approach |
| Route In Use | Visual Approach |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Component | |
| Aircraft Component | GPWS |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Captain Pilot Not Flying |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 80 Flight Crew Total 16000 Flight Crew Type 550 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Inflight Event / Encounter CFTT / CFIT |
Narrative:
We were on the return leg to iad; and cleared for the visual approach to runway 19R; the new runway at iad; which neither of us had landed on before. The first officer was the pilot flying and I was the pilot not flying. The first officer has extensive experience in the B777; mostly international. On short final to runway 19R; we were on profile and cleared to land. At approximately 500 ft we got the egpws caution 'too low terrain;' repeated a number of times. We both verified our position; and we were on PAPI and GS; and saw nothing that should have caused the aural warning. We continued a normal approach and landing without incident. The ILS runway 19R was in the FMC and was loaded. We could only guess that the runway was not in the egpws database. This anomaly should be investigated and corrected.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: B777-200 flight crew experienced an EGPWS terrain warning at 500 FT AGL on and ILS approach in VMC conditions to Runway 19R at IAD.
Narrative: We were on the return leg to IAD; and cleared for the visual approach to Runway 19R; the new runway at IAD; which neither of us had landed on before. The First Officer was the pilot flying and I was the pilot not flying. The First Officer has extensive experience in the B777; mostly international. On short final to Runway 19R; we were on profile and cleared to land. At approximately 500 FT we got the EGPWS caution 'Too Low Terrain;' repeated a number of times. We both verified our position; and we were on PAPI and GS; and saw nothing that should have caused the aural warning. We continued a normal approach and landing without incident. The ILS Runway 19R was in the FMC and was loaded. We could only guess that the runway was not in the EGPWS database. This anomaly should be investigated and corrected.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of April 2012 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.