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Crj-700 flight crew reported receiving an egpws terrain alert on a night visual approach into lse airport.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1509420 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201801 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801-2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZMP.ARTCC |
| State Reference | MN |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Regional Jet 700 ER/LR (CRJ700) |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Initial Approach |
| Route In Use | Visual Approach |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Pilot Flying Captain |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Person 2 | |
| Function | First Officer Pilot Not Flying |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Inflight Event / Encounter CFTT / CFIT |
Narrative:
I was pilot flying and was cleared for a visual approach runway 36 into lacrosse. We were at 3000 feet approximately 10-12 miles on a right base for the FAF civmi when I started a descent to 2500 feet. Passing through 2800-2700 feet; we got an egpws caution and then an egpws warning. I saw the silhouette of terrain the entire time on the visual approach and noted it out -loud to my first officer. However; I did not start the climb until I got the egpws warning and climbed back up to 2700-2800 feet until the egpws cleared. I believe the lowest we got was approximately 2500 feet 10 miles from civmi. We continued to an uneventful visual approach.misread the profile section of the RNAV GPS 36 approach and thought pkrna was at 2500 feet (not 3000 feet). Complacency and not thoroughly checking what altitude I could have gone. [My] suggestion [is to] double-check the fix altitudes on the profiles page when cleared for a visual; [and] be very careful of current altitude and what [I] can descend down to. In this case; I should have remained at 3000 feet until at least within 8 miles of civmi. I mistakenly began the descent to 2500 feet earlier than I should have. Also; verbalize; 'we can descend to 2500 feet within 8 miles of the civmi'.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: CRJ-700 flight crew reported receiving an EGPWS terrain alert on a night visual approach into LSE airport.
Narrative: I was pilot flying and was cleared for a visual approach runway 36 into Lacrosse. We were at 3000 feet approximately 10-12 miles on a right base for the FAF CIVMI when I started a descent to 2500 feet. Passing through 2800-2700 feet; we got an EGPWS caution and then an EGPWS warning. I saw the silhouette of terrain the entire time on the visual approach and noted it out -loud to my First Officer. However; I did not start the climb until I got the EGPWS warning and climbed back up to 2700-2800 feet until the EGPWS cleared. I believe the lowest we got was approximately 2500 feet 10 miles from CIVMI. We continued to an uneventful visual approach.Misread the profile section of the RNAV GPS 36 approach and thought PKRNA was at 2500 feet (not 3000 feet). Complacency and not thoroughly checking what altitude I could have gone. [My] suggestion [is to] double-check the fix altitudes on the profiles page when cleared for a visual; [and] be very careful of current altitude and what [I] can descend down to. In this case; I should have remained at 3000 feet until at least within 8 miles of CIVMI. I mistakenly began the descent to 2500 feet earlier than I should have. Also; verbalize; 'We can descend to 2500 feet within 8 miles of the CIVMI'.
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.