A CRJ200 captain was descending at 1;300 FPM and below the glideslope in mountainous terrain at nigh...

Narrative:

We were at 2;600 ft and cleared for the approach. The captain was pilot flying and I was pilot not flying. We were a little fast and trying to slow and configure. We captured the localizer. While tracking the localizer inbound; I preformed a landing check to the line; checked in with the tower; and set the missed approach heading and altitude. When I looked up the captain had the airplane in vs mode descending at 1;300 FPM. I checked the glide slope and it had not come 'alive' at all on both of our pfd's. I immediately stated 'go around.' simultaneously; ATC said 'low altitude alert; check altitude.' we got the 'glide slope' aural warning and also 'terrain; terrain' aural GPWS warning. We executed a go around and diverted. We were at or just below 1;000 ft AGL when the go around was initiated. The threats were the mountainous terrain at night in icing conditions down to minimums. Also; we were on our 6th leg of the day. Errors were the pilot flying; the captain; began a descent without a glide slope at 1;300 FPM. I will be extra vigilant when operating in these types of conditions; as I feel I already pretty much was.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A CRJ200 Captain was descending at 1;300 FPM and below the glideslope in mountainous terrain at night when the Terrain Warning sounded while ATC was calling low altitude alert. A go around was executed and the flight diverted.

Narrative: We were at 2;600 FT and cleared for the approach. The Captain was pilot flying and I was pilot not flying. We were a little fast and trying to slow and configure. We captured the localizer. While tracking the localizer inbound; I preformed a landing check to the line; checked in with the Tower; and set the missed approach heading and altitude. When I looked up the Captain had the airplane in VS mode descending at 1;300 FPM. I checked the glide slope and it had not come 'alive' at all on both of our PFD's. I immediately stated 'Go Around.' Simultaneously; ATC said 'low altitude alert; check altitude.' We got the 'glide slope' aural warning and also 'terrain; terrain' aural GPWS warning. We executed a go around and diverted. We were at or just below 1;000 FT AGL when the go around was initiated. The threats were the mountainous terrain at night in icing conditions down to minimums. Also; we were on our 6th leg of the day. Errors were the pilot flying; the Captain; began a descent without a glide slope at 1;300 FPM. I will be extra vigilant when operating in these types of conditions; as I feel I already pretty much was.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2013 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.

Attributes
ACN	993408
Time
Date	201202
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Environment
Flight Conditions	IMC
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Regional Jet 200 ER/LR (CRJ200)
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Initial Approach
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	First Officer Pilot Not Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Commercial
Events
Anomaly	Deviation - Altitude Excursion From Assigned Altitude Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Inflight Event / Encounter Unstabilized Approach Inflight Event / Encounter CFTT / CFIT

A CRJ200 captain was descending at 1;300 FPM and below the glideslope in mountainous terrain at night when the terrain warning sounded while ATC was calling low altitude alert. A go around was executed and the flight diverted.