A B727 flight crew responded to a terrain egpws warning while being vectored for an approach at abe.

Attributes
ACN	945959
Time
Date	201104
Local Time Of Day	0601-1200
Place
Locale Reference	ABE.Airport
State Reference	PA
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	B727 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Final Approach
Route In Use	Vectors
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Captain
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 45 Flight Crew Total 8100 Flight Crew Type 2500
Events
Anomaly	ATC Issue All Types Inflight Event / Encounter CFTT / CFIT Inflight Event / Encounter Weather / Turbulence

Narrative:

At 3;000 ft [we were] cleared to intercept ILS 24. At abe we received a terrain warning and then a pull up. I immediately started a climb and alert and lights went out and we broke out of clouds. We told ATC and then continued to intercept with confirmation from them also that we were clear of everything. Turbulence in area was probably a factor and information pages for airport warns of this possibility. We leveled off 300 to 400 ft above our cleared to intercept altitude; intercepted and had runway in site. I never used firewall power because we broke out so quickly.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A B727 flight crew responded to a Terrain EGPWS warning while being vectored for an approach at ABE.

Narrative: At 3;000 FT [we were] cleared to intercept ILS 24. at Abe we received a Terrain Warning and then a Pull Up. I immediately started a climb and alert and lights went out and we broke out of clouds. We told ATC and then continued to intercept with confirmation from them also that we were clear of everything. Turbulence in area was probably a factor and information pages for airport warns of this possibility. We leveled off 300 to 400 FT above our cleared to intercept altitude; intercepted and had runway in site. I never used firewall power because we broke out so quickly.

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.