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An air carrier crew 20 NM east of tus at 10;000 ft; responded to an egpws terrain alert and climbed to 14;000 ft.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 869684 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201001 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | TUS.Airport |
| State Reference | AZ |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | IMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Airbus Industrie Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Initial Approach |
| Route In Use | Vectors |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Captain |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 200 Flight Crew Type 4000 |
| Person 2 | |
| Function | First Officer |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 220 Flight Crew Type 3000 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Inflight Event / Encounter CFTT / CFIT |
Narrative:
Arriving in tus with approach control; level 10;000; 260 heading; IMC conditions. We had already had the flight attendants seated due to weather and were expecting a visual to runway 11L. The egpws alerted 'terrain terrain'; so I performed terrain avoidance procedures; notified ATC; climbed to 14;000 and was recleared to 9;000. We were in the terminal area with a high work load unable to talk to our flight attendants until on the ground. We continued the visual approach and landed. A flight attendant had gotten up to check on an unaccompanied minor when we performed the terrain avoidance procedure. She was knocked to the ground; but said she was ok.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: An Air Carrier Crew 20 NM east of TUS at 10;000 FT; responded to an EGPWS TERRAIN alert and climbed to 14;000 FT.
Narrative: Arriving in TUS with Approach Control; level 10;000; 260 heading; IMC conditions. We had already had the flight attendants seated due to weather and were expecting a visual to Runway 11L. The EGPWS alerted 'TERRAIN TERRAIN'; so I performed terrain avoidance procedures; notified ATC; climbed to 14;000 and was recleared to 9;000. We were in the terminal area with a high work load unable to talk to our Flight Attendants until on the ground. We continued the visual approach and landed. A Flight Attendant had gotten up to check on an unaccompanied minor when we performed the terrain avoidance procedure. She was knocked to the ground; but said she was ok.
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.