<< >> NASA ASRS Report 851250, September 2009

Corporate jet flight crew received low altitude alert from mvy tower during the RNAV 06 approach; and seconds later a GPWS terrain warning. Crew executed an immediate go-around and second approach was successful.

Attributes
ACN	851250
Time
Date	200909
Local Time Of Day	1801-2400
Place
Locale Reference	MVY.Airport
State Reference	MA
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Small Transport Low Wing 2 Turbojet Eng
Flight Phase	Initial Approach
Person 1
Function	First Officer Pilot Not Flying
Events
Anomaly	Inflight Event / Encounter CFTT / CFIT

Narrative:

After passing the final approach fix inbound on RNAV 06 at mvy we descended to MDA. Mvy tower issued a low altitude alert; seconds later GPWS terrain closure was triggered. Executed an immediate go-around. Returned on same approach and landed without incident. We need approval for VNAV/LNAV approaches.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: Corporate jet flight crew received low altitude alert from MVY tower during the RNAV 06 approach; and seconds later a GPWS terrain warning. Crew executed an immediate go-around and second approach was successful.

Narrative: After passing the final approach fix inbound on RNAV 06 at MVY we descended to MDA. MVY tower issued a low altitude alert; seconds later GPWS Terrain closure was triggered. Executed an immediate go-around. Returned on same approach and landed without incident. We need approval for VNAV/LNAV approaches.

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.