A crj-200 inbound to slc on the qwenn rav STAR was cleared to 9000 MSL in the vicinity of ffu VOR. A...

Narrative:

Cleared to 9000 feet near ffu on the QWENN3 arrival for rw 34L. We received a terrain egpws caution at 9000 in IMC near ffu. Immediately disconnected the autopilot; initialed a climb and advised the controller that we were in a climb responding to a terrain alert. At approximately 9800 feet the egpws caution message stopped. As we started to descend back to our last assigned altitude ATC confirmed that we were descending back to 9000 and subsequently gave us multiple turns/headings in a rapid succession to get us back on the final approach course. As we began to comply; ATC announced that we were left of course; gave us a turn to the northwest away for the final approach course and assigned us 10;000 feet. We were then vectored to a left downwind and subsequently back onto the ILS rw 34L approach.minimum vectoring altitude on the arrival causing egpws alert near a critical point of transition from the arrival to the approach phase of flight. Recommend raising the minimum vectoring altitude along that segment of the arrival.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A CRJ-200 inbound to SLC on the QWENN RAV STAR was cleared to 9000 MSL in the vicinity of FFU VOR. As they neared FFU the received an EGPWS Terrain Warning and executed the evasive maneuver until the warning ceased. ATC then vectored them with step down altitudes to a safe landing.

Narrative: Cleared to 9000 feet near FFU on the QWENN3 arrival for RW 34L. We received a TERRAIN EGPWS caution at 9000 in IMC near FFU. Immediately disconnected the autopilot; initialed a climb and advised the controller that we were in a climb responding to a TERRAIN alert. At approximately 9800 feet the EGPWS caution message stopped. As we started to descend back to our last assigned altitude ATC confirmed that we were descending back to 9000 and subsequently gave us multiple turns/headings in a rapid succession to get us back on the final approach course. As we began to comply; ATC announced that we were left of course; gave us a turn to the Northwest away for the final approach course and assigned us 10;000 feet. We were then vectored to a left downwind and subsequently back onto the ILS RW 34L approach.Minimum Vectoring Altitude on the arrival causing EGPWS alert near a critical point of transition from the arrival to the approach phase of flight. Recommend raising the Minimum Vectoring Altitude along that segment of the arrival.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site 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	1228077
Time
Date	201412
Local Time Of Day	0601-1200
Place
Locale Reference	SLC.Airport
State Reference	UT
Environment
Flight Conditions	IMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Regional Jet 200 ER/LR (CRJ200)
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Descent
Route In Use	STAR QWENN THREE
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Pilot Not Flying First Officer
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Events
Anomaly	Inflight Event / Encounter CFTT / CFIT

A crj-200 inbound to slc on the qwenn rav STAR was cleared to 9000 MSL in the vicinity of ffu VOR. As they neared ffu the received an egpws terrain warning and executed the evasive maneuver until the warning ceased. ATC then vectored them with step down altitudes to a safe landing.