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Attributes | |
ACN | 1536013 |
Time | |
Date | 201804 |
Local Time Of Day | 1201-1800 |
Place | |
Locale Reference | DRO.Airport |
State Reference | CO |
Environment | |
Flight Conditions | VMC |
Light | Daylight |
Aircraft 1 | |
Make Model Name | Regional Jet CL65 Undifferentiated or Other Model |
Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
Flight Phase | Initial Approach |
Route In Use | Visual Approach |
Flight Plan | IFR |
Person 1 | |
Function | Pilot Flying |
Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Instrument |
Events | |
Anomaly | Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Inflight Event / Encounter CFTT / CFIT Inflight Event / Encounter Unstabilized Approach |
Narrative:
Received e-gpws terrain warning during visual approach to runway 21 in durango; colorado (dro). Terrain was visually in sight and verbalized but warning was issued due to aircraft configuration below 1000 AGL [and] due to rising terrain on final approach. Aircraft was not fully configured yet due to descending and decelerating profile on a 7-8 mile final. Executed go-around and landed without incident. This was my first time flying into dro and rising terrain on final was deceiving during descent and approach. Rising terrain on final required a steeper descent profile than I expected and I wasn't configured early enough to satisfy this requirement. Suggestions: aircraft should have been slowed and configured earlier in the approach. E-gpws warning would not have been issued if aircraft was fully configured prior to encountering rising terrain on 7-8 mile final.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: CRJ pilot reported that they received an E-GPWS Terrain warning during visual approach into DRO.
Narrative: Received E-GPWS Terrain warning during visual approach to runway 21 in Durango; Colorado (DRO). Terrain was visually in sight and verbalized but warning was issued due to aircraft configuration below 1000 AGL [and] due to rising terrain on final approach. Aircraft was not fully configured yet due to descending and decelerating profile on a 7-8 mile final. Executed go-around and landed without incident. This was my first time flying into DRO and rising terrain on final was deceiving during descent and approach. Rising terrain on final required a steeper descent profile than I expected and I wasn't configured early enough to satisfy this requirement. Suggestions: Aircraft should have been slowed and configured earlier in the approach. E-GPWS warning would not have been issued if aircraft was fully configured prior to encountering rising terrain on 7-8 mile final.
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.