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The pilots of crj-200 were descending to an altitude that they believe they were cleared by ATC. ATC questioned the altitude and the crew received a GPWS alert. The crew leveled off and continued the approach to a normal landing.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1101022 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201307 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201-1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.Airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Regional Jet 200 ER/LR (CRJ200) |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Descent |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Captain Pilot Flying |
| Person 2 | |
| Function | Pilot Not Flying First Officer |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | ATC Issue All Types Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Inflight Event / Encounter CFTT / CFIT |
Narrative:
While we were descending; the controller told us to turn to 345; descend to four thousand one hundred. The first officer read that back. I set those numbers. We started our turn and continued our descent. Then at about 6;500 ft the controller asked if we were descending to 6;000 ft. I leveled off. The pilot not flying (first officer) said that we were assigned four thousand one hundred. The controller told us to stop at 6;000 ft. Shortly after that we received a GPWS. We had already started a climb; so we were complying with the GPWS. We were vectored onto the ILS. The rest of the flight was uneventful. There was a communication breakdown. An altitude was either given incorrectly or heard incorrectly. We both thought that we heard 4;100 ft. In talking about it post flight; we wondered if the confusion could have come from the call sign getting jumbled with the altitude and the heading.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: The pilots of CRJ-200 were descending to an altitude that they believe they were cleared by ATC. ATC questioned the altitude and the crew received a GPWS alert. The crew leveled off and continued the approach to a normal landing.
Narrative: While we were descending; the Controller told us to turn to 345; descend to four thousand one hundred. The First Officer read that back. I set those numbers. We started our turn and continued our descent. Then at about 6;500 FT the Controller asked if we were descending to 6;000 FT. I leveled off. The pilot not flying (First Officer) said that we were assigned four thousand one hundred. The Controller told us to stop at 6;000 FT. Shortly after that we received a GPWS. We had already started a climb; so we were complying with the GPWS. We were vectored onto the ILS. The rest of the flight was uneventful. There was a communication breakdown. An altitude was either given incorrectly or heard incorrectly. We both thought that we heard 4;100 FT. In talking about it post flight; we wondered if the confusion could have come from the call sign getting jumbled with the altitude and the heading.
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.