Air carrier flight crew received a momentary egpws terrain warning while turning base on a nighttime...

Attributes
ACN	1737116
Time
Date	202003
Local Time Of Day	1801-2400
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Tower
State Reference	US
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Commercial Fixed Wing
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Final Approach
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Captain Pilot Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Person 2
Function	First Officer Pilot Not Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Events
Anomaly	Deviation - Altitude Excursion From Assigned Altitude Deviation - Procedural Clearance Inflight Event / Encounter CFTT / CFIT Inflight Event / Encounter Unstabilized Approach

Narrative:

During night visual conditions crew accepted vectoring for visual approach with ILS backup which is second option to straight in ILS to runway xx in ZZZ. Instead of long downwind vectoring ATC queried crew if runway was in sight; then cleared for approach. Crew turned base; but dim runway lights initially contributed to crew not descending in a timely matter. After lights were turned up crew determined stabilized approach could not be achieved and performed a go-around. Tower cleared crew to enter downwind and crew kept runway in sight while climbing to 3;000 feet AGL. On descending base turn crew got momentary egpws terrain warning and started nighttime terrain procedure. Warning silenced within 2-3 seconds. Normal landing was made. Crew debriefed extraordinary threats to mental distraction due to coronavirus events. Captain had flown 5 straight days and was further distracted by family situation involving extraordinary airline operations.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: Air carrier flight crew received a momentary EGPWS terrain warning while turning base on a nighttime visual approach. The flight continued to a safe landing. The crew noted that distraction due to the COVID-19 pandemic; its impact on the company; and family concerns contributed to the event.

Narrative: During night visual conditions crew accepted vectoring for visual approach with ILS BACKUP which is second option to straight in ILS to Runway XX in ZZZ. Instead of long downwind vectoring ATC queried crew if Runway was in sight; then cleared for approach. Crew turned base; but dim runway lights initially contributed to crew not descending in a timely matter. After lights were turned up crew determined stabilized approach could not be achieved and performed a go-around. Tower cleared crew to enter downwind and crew kept runway in sight while climbing to 3;000 feet AGL. On descending base turn crew got momentary EGPWS terrain warning and started nighttime terrain procedure. Warning silenced within 2-3 seconds. Normal landing was made. Crew debriefed extraordinary threats to mental distraction due to Coronavirus events. Captain had flown 5 straight days and was further distracted by family situation involving extraordinary airline operations.

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.

Air carrier flight crew received a momentary egpws terrain warning while turning base on a nighttime visual approach. The flight continued to a safe landing. The crew noted that distraction due to the covid-19 pandemic; its impact on the company; and family concerns contributed to the event.