A regional jet captain reported receiving clearance to 3000 feet while on radar vectors for runway 2...

Narrative:

Descending into chattanooga approach gave us a descent to 3000 feet. As the pilot not flying I was getting the new ATIS. After getting the ATIS; I returned to the radio and heard ATC give us a descent to 3000 feet. As the aircraft was approaching 3000 we received an egpws terrain warning. As we leveled it went away. We looked at the chart and saw that the MSA was 3600 feet and the approach for runway 02 was 3000 feet. The tallest object was 1528 feet to the west. We were five miles west of the final downwind for runway 02. As we were looking at this ATC gave us a new altitude of 3600 feet. As we climbed to the new altitude ATC asked us if we were given a clearance to 3000. I said yes and we were handed off to cha tower for the approach. After landing at cha I called chattanooga approach and asked about the altitude we were given. They said; after reviewing the tapes; they found the controller gave us a wrong altitude of 3000 instead of 3600 feet.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A Regional Jet Captain reported receiving clearance to 3000 feet while on radar vectors for Runway 2 at CHA that resulted in a terrain warning as the crew was leveling off.

Narrative: Descending into Chattanooga approach gave us a descent to 3000 feet. As the Pilot Not Flying I was getting the new ATIS. After getting the ATIS; I returned to the radio and heard ATC give us a descent to 3000 feet. As the aircraft was approaching 3000 we received an EGPWS terrain warning. As we leveled it went away. We looked at the chart and saw that the MSA was 3600 feet and the approach for Runway 02 was 3000 feet. The tallest object was 1528 feet to the west. We were five miles west of the final downwind for Runway 02. As we were looking at this ATC gave us a new altitude of 3600 feet. As we climbed to the new altitude ATC asked us if we were given a clearance to 3000. I said yes and we were handed off to CHA Tower for the approach. After landing at CHA I called Chattanooga approach and asked about the altitude we were given. They said; after reviewing the tapes; they found the Controller gave us a wrong altitude of 3000 instead of 3600 feet.

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.

Attributes
ACN	872285
Time
Date	201002
Local Time Of Day	0601-1200
Place
Locale Reference	CHA.Airport
State Reference	TN
Environment
Flight Conditions	IMC
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Medium Transport Low Wing 2 Turbojet Eng
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Initial Approach
Route In Use	Vectors
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Pilot Not Flying Captain
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Events
Anomaly	ATC Issue All Types Inflight Event / Encounter CFTT / CFIT

A regional jet captain reported receiving clearance to 3000 feet while on radar vectors for runway 2 at cha that resulted in a terrain warning as the crew was leveling off.