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A corporate pilot conducting a visual approach reported receiving a terrain alert but continued the approach.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1733199 |
| Time | |
| Date | 202003 |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601-1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ASE.Airport |
| State Reference | CO |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Challenger 350 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | Initial Approach |
| Route In Use | Visual Approach |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Pilot Not Flying Captain |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Inflight Event / Encounter CFTT / CFIT Inflight Event / Encounter Unstabilized Approach |
Narrative:
VMC visual into aspen; light winds and configured early. ATC approach cleared us for a visual approach but told us to line up straight with runway due to inbound traffic behind us. Pilot flying had aircraft configured and stable but due to straight in we got a taws terrain alert. We were obviously going to miss the obstacle but were slow to disconnect autopilot and respond to alert. By the time corrections were made got another alert. Once clear the terrain we continued to airport and landed without incident.we should not have accepted straight in or maintained higher altitude. At the moment of incident a go around in mountainous terrain seemed more dangerous since we were clearly above terrain. After landing we debriefed and realized we should have went around and made a second approach.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A Corporate pilot conducting a Visual Approach reported receiving a Terrain Alert but continued the approach.
Narrative: VMC Visual into Aspen; light winds and configured early. ATC approach cleared us for a Visual Approach but told us to line up straight with runway due to inbound traffic behind us. Pilot Flying had aircraft configured and stable but due to straight in we got a TAWS terrain alert. We were obviously going to miss the obstacle but were slow to disconnect autopilot and respond to alert. By the time corrections were made got another alert. Once clear the terrain we continued to airport and landed without incident.We should not have accepted straight in or maintained higher altitude. At the moment of incident a go around in mountainous terrain seemed more dangerous since we were clearly above terrain. After landing we debriefed and realized we should have went around and made a second approach.
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.