Emb-145 pilot reported receiving an egpws terrain warning and believes it was caused by winds pushin...

Attributes
ACN	1591422
Time
Date	201811
Local Time Of Day	1801-2400
Place
Locale Reference	HTS.Airport
State Reference	WV
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	EMB ERJ 145 ER/LR
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Initial Approach
Route In Use	Visual Approach
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	First Officer Pilot Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Private Flight Crew Commercial
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 135 Flight Crew Total 1080 Flight Crew Type 135
Events
Anomaly	Inflight Event / Encounter CFTT / CFIT Inflight Event / Encounter Weather / Turbulence

Narrative:

Egpws message. On a visual for 12; we entered a 3.5-4 mile downwind at 2;300 feet for the FAF. Upon reaching 2 miles south; south-east of the FAF; we had the egpws message; 'caution; terrain; pull up! Pull up!' autopilot was disconnected; max thrust was initiated; and an immediate climb began as per procedure. Within 200 feet of initiating the climb; the message ceased. We climbed to 3100 and leveled off. Nothing was showing on the terrain feature on the mfd. Following the maneuver; we began our descent back down and did a regular pattern with no further instances.not entirely sure why it happened; but it seemed to may have been caused by the wind and an obstacle 2 to 3 miles away. There is a tower at 1502 feet just south of the FAF for runway 12. We had a 45 knot crosswind pushing us northeast towards the field. Because we were only 800 feet above; and being pushed in towards the field; I believe this is what may have set it off. [Suggest] when doing the visual for 12 at hts and coming from the south; either stay at 2;600 feet MSL and turn after wylee IAF; or do a 5 mile wide downwind leg. Hopefully this will avoid encountering our event.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: EMB-145 Pilot reported receiving an EGPWS terrain warning and believes it was caused by winds pushing the aircraft towards a tower located just south of the approach course.

Narrative: EGPWS message. On a visual for 12; we entered a 3.5-4 mile downwind at 2;300 feet for the FAF. Upon reaching 2 miles south; south-east of the FAF; we had the EGPWS message; 'Caution; Terrain; Pull up! Pull up!' Autopilot was disconnected; max thrust was initiated; and an immediate climb began as per procedure. Within 200 feet of initiating the climb; the message ceased. We climbed to 3100 and leveled off. Nothing was showing on the terrain feature on the MFD. Following the maneuver; we began our descent back down and did a regular pattern with no further instances.Not entirely sure why it happened; but it seemed to may have been caused by the wind and an obstacle 2 to 3 miles away. There is a tower at 1502 feet just south of the FAF for runway 12. We had a 45 knot crosswind pushing us northeast towards the field. Because we were only 800 feet above; and being pushed in towards the field; I believe this is what may have set it off. [Suggest] when doing the visual for 12 at HTS and coming from the south; either stay at 2;600 feet MSL and turn after WYLEE IAF; or do a 5 mile wide downwind leg. Hopefully this will avoid encountering our event.

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.

Emb-145 pilot reported receiving an egpws terrain warning and believes it was caused by winds pushing the aircraft towards a tower located just south of the approach course.