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B737 first officer reported ATC assigned too low altitude resulting in a egpws terrain alert.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1722468 |
| Time | |
| Date | 202001 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801-2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | SCT.TRACON |
| State Reference | CA |
| Environment | |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | B737-700 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Initial Approach |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Pilot Not Flying First Officer |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 608 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | ATC Issue All Types Deviation - Procedural Clearance Inflight Event / Encounter Weather / Turbulence Inflight Event / Encounter CFTT / CFIT |
Narrative:
On arrival into bur; we were at 8;000 ft. Controller gave us a 'descend and maintain 4;000 ft.' pilot flying set 4;000 ft. And we began descent. At about 4;500 ft.; we said to each other this doesn't look right. We were about to query ATC when we got a terrain alert. We began to comply with the alert starting a climb. ATC also at that time issued a terrain alert and to maintain 5;000 ft. We had a visual on terrain in front of us and it was no factor; as we were already climbing. We were given a phone number. ATC on the phone call (on the ground) apologized and admitted fault (after listening to the tapes) of giving us an incorrect (too low) altitude.I've been into burbank very many times. I know that 4;000 ft. Was too low for that segment. We were on the last leg of a long day; however; I felt alert and didn't feel fatigue was an issue for me personally. We were distracted by a few other items and we were also in moderate turbulence. It was the controller's fault; but I should have noticed the problem sooner.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: B737 First Officer reported ATC assigned too low altitude resulting in a EGPWS Terrain Alert.
Narrative: On arrival into BUR; we were at 8;000 ft. Controller gave us a 'Descend and maintain 4;000 ft.' Pilot Flying set 4;000 ft. and we began descent. At about 4;500 ft.; we said to each other this doesn't look right. We were about to query ATC when we got a terrain alert. We began to comply with the alert starting a climb. ATC also at that time issued a terrain alert and to maintain 5;000 ft. We had a visual on terrain in front of us and it was no factor; as we were already climbing. We were given a phone number. ATC on the phone call (on the ground) apologized and admitted fault (after listening to the tapes) of giving us an incorrect (too low) altitude.I've been into Burbank VERY MANY times. I know that 4;000 ft. was too low for that segment. We were on the last leg of a long day; however; I felt alert and didn't feel fatigue was an issue for me personally. We were distracted by a few other items and we were also in moderate turbulence. It was the Controller's fault; but I should have noticed the problem sooner.
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.