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An A319 flight crew received an egpws terrain warning making a night visual approach to runway 26 at abq.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 854006 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200909 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801-2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ABQ.Airport |
| State Reference | NM |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | A319 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Final Approach |
| Route In Use | Visual Approach |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Captain Pilot Not Flying Check Pilot |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 50 Flight Crew Total 13000 Flight Crew Type 1000 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Inflight Event / Encounter CFTT / CFIT |
Narrative:
On a visual approach to runway 26 at abq as we began our final descent to the runway; we got a 'caution terrain'. The first officer began leveling off; followed by a 'terrain; pull up' warning. The first officer accomplished the terrain avoidance maneuver. The warning ceased and we continued our descent to a normal landing. We did brief the high terrain and saw the operational note regarding the need to be cautious when flying the visual to 26 at night. We realized we needed to stay high on the profile for the terrain; which we did. It was a clear night with almost a full moon. We could see the terrain visually and were watching it on egpws as well. We had a smattering of green dots indicating the terrain. We began a fairly high rate of descent once we perceived we had crossed the last of the high terrain; this is when we got the terrain warning. I did see the terrain display go from nothing to scattered yellow to solid yellow very quickly. I did not ever see the terrain display go solid red nor did I observe the radar altimeter become active.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: An A319 flight crew received an EGPWS Terrain Warning making a night visual approach to Runway 26 at ABQ.
Narrative: On a visual approach to RWY 26 at ABQ as we began our final descent to the runway; we got a 'caution terrain'. The First Officer began leveling off; followed by a 'terrain; pull up' warning. The First Officer accomplished the terrain avoidance maneuver. The warning ceased and we continued our descent to a normal landing. We did brief the high terrain and saw the operational note regarding the need to be cautious when flying the visual to 26 at night. We realized we needed to stay high on the profile for the terrain; which we did. It was a clear night with almost a full moon. We could see the terrain visually and were watching it on EGPWS as well. We had a smattering of green dots indicating the terrain. We began a fairly high rate of descent once we perceived we had crossed the last of the high terrain; this is when we got the terrain warning. I did see the terrain display go from nothing to scattered yellow to solid yellow very quickly. I did not ever see the terrain display go solid red nor did I observe the radar altimeter become active.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of April 2012 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.