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The flight crew of a regional airline; performing a visual approach to a mountainous airport; reported receiving a terrain warning while circling to land. The pilot flying executed an escape maneuver; and after determining that the terrain was no longer a factor; completed the approach and landed uneventfully.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1318061 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201512 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201-1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ASE.Airport |
| State Reference | CO |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Medium Large Transport |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Final Approach |
| Route In Use | Visual Approach |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | First Officer Pilot Not Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Person 2 | |
| Function | Captain Pilot Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Inflight Event / Encounter CFTT / CFIT |
Narrative:
While performing the circle to runway 33 in ase. The pilot flying disconnected the autopilot and the beginning altitude of 9;200 feet for the circle 33 was set. Hand flying decent rate triggered the egws warning. We initiated full power and go around pitch attitude; but we were already past the mountain that triggered the egpws. We were still well within a safe distance from airport to continue the visual circle maneuver. This was during day VMC conditions with a light wind out of the north.we should have continued the localizer 15 approach even after we went visual. This would have most likely prevented the aircraft egws warning from going off.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: The flight crew of a regional airline; performing a visual approach to a mountainous airport; reported receiving a terrain warning while circling to land. The pilot flying executed an escape maneuver; and after determining that the terrain was no longer a factor; completed the approach and landed uneventfully.
Narrative: While performing the circle to Runway 33 in ASE. The pilot flying disconnected the autopilot and the beginning altitude of 9;200 feet for the circle 33 was set. Hand flying decent rate triggered the EGWS warning. We initiated full power and go around pitch attitude; but we were already past the mountain that triggered the EGPWS. We were still well within a safe distance from airport to continue the visual circle maneuver. This was during day VMC conditions with a light wind out of the north.We should have continued the LOC 15 approach even after we went visual. This would have most likely prevented the aircraft EGWS warning from going off.
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.