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A B737-ng crew reported not executing the escape maneuver after an egpws caution terrain alert while flying a night VMC visual approach to bur runway 33.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1310150 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201511 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801-2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | BUR.Airport |
| State Reference | CA |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | B737 Next Generation Undifferentiated |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Final Approach |
| Route In Use | Visual Approach |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Captain Pilot Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 202 Flight Crew Type 16000 |
| Person 2 | |
| Function | First Officer Pilot Not Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 235 Flight Crew Type 3285 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Inflight Event / Encounter CFTT / CFIT |
Narrative:
Cleared visual runway 33 bur; night VMC. I was the pilot flying. I was turning base to final looking for the flashing runway end lights and was descending through about 2200 ft MSL. There was a caution terrain alert; I disengaged the autopilot and leveled the aircraft. There were no further alerts; we appeared clear of the terrain and the runway was clearly in sight. I continued the approach to an uneventful landing. Once at the gate; I looked up the caution terrain alert procedures and discovered what I did was only appropriate for a day VMC approach. At night I should have executed a go-around. I got into this situation because I was focused on the runway and got low due to the rising terrain on final. My thought that the day and night VMC terrain caution alert responses were the same; resulted in me not following the correct procedure to go around.better knowledge on my part. Plan on a slightly steeper than normal final to runway 33 at bur.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A B737-NG crew reported not executing the Escape Maneuver after an EGPWS Caution Terrain alert while flying a night VMC visual approach to BUR Runway 33.
Narrative: Cleared visual Runway 33 BUR; night VMC. I was the Pilot Flying. I was turning base to final looking for the flashing runway end lights and was descending through about 2200 ft MSL. There was a Caution Terrain alert; I disengaged the autopilot and leveled the aircraft. There were no further alerts; we appeared clear of the terrain and the runway was clearly in sight. I continued the approach to an uneventful landing. Once at the gate; I looked up the Caution Terrain alert procedures and discovered what I did was only appropriate for a day VMC approach. At night I should have executed a go-around. I got into this situation because I was focused on the runway and got low due to the rising terrain on final. My thought that the day and night VMC terrain caution alert responses were the same; resulted in me not following the correct procedure to go around.Better knowledge on my part. Plan on a slightly steeper than normal final to Runway 33 at BUR.
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.