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GPWS warning caused flight crew of an medium large transport to climb from assigned approach altitude.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 294255 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199501 |
| Day | Wed |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : mdt |
| State Reference | PA |
| Altitude | msl bound lower : 3000 msl bound upper : 4000 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tracon : mdt tower : ida |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Fokker 100 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Navigation In Use | Other Other |
| Flight Phase | cruise other descent : approach |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| ASRS Report | 294255 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : commercial pilot : instrument |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | altitude deviation : excursion from assigned altitude non adherence : clearance other anomaly other other spatial deviation |
| Independent Detector | aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : unspecified other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : took evasive action |
| Consequence | faa : reviewed incident with flight crew |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
Narrative:
GPWS terrain warning 10 NM west of har, cleared to descend from 4000 ft to 3000 ft. At 3000 ft, GPWS terrain warning escape procedure performed. At 4000 ft in clear and GPWS warning had stopped. Notified ATC of warning and new altitude. Approach control said 3000 ft was safe altitude in that area. Remainder of flight normal.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: GPWS WARNING CAUSED FLC OF AN MLG TO CLB FROM ASSIGNED APCH ALT.
Narrative: GPWS TERRAIN WARNING 10 NM W OF HAR, CLRED TO DSND FROM 4000 FT TO 3000 FT. AT 3000 FT, GPWS TERRAIN WARNING ESCAPE PROC PERFORMED. AT 4000 FT IN CLR AND GPWS WARNING HAD STOPPED. NOTIFIED ATC OF WARNING AND NEW ALT. APCH CTL SAID 3000 FT WAS SAFE ALT IN THAT AREA. REMAINDER OF FLT NORMAL.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 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.