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A B757-200; at 800 AGL on approach to den; safely executed a windshear escape maneuver as directed by the egpws windshear warning system.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 956772 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201106 |
| Local Time Of Day | 0001-0600 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | D01.TRACON |
| State Reference | CO |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | Marginal |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | B757-200 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Final Approach |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Pilot Flying Captain |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 200 Flight Crew Total 16000 Flight Crew Type 11000 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Inflight Event / Encounter Weather / Turbulence |
Narrative:
At 800 AGL on approach to runway 16R at den the master warning lights illuminated followed immediately by 'windshear windshear windshear' being announced by the GPWS. In addition; windshear was illuminated on the captain's ADI. I immediately firewalled the throttles; double-clicked the go around switches; rotated towards 15 degrees nose up and performed the escape maneuver. On approach I had established a normal 700 foot per minute descent rate and upon initiation of the escape maneuver the descent rate was arrested; however for 2-3 seconds the aircraft did not climb despite full power and an approximately 15 degree nose up attitude. Shortly thereafter approach control announced a microburst alert. I continued the escape maneuver to 9000 MSL and the subsequent approach to 17R was uneventful.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A B757-200; at 800 AGL on approach to DEN; safely executed a Windshear Escape Maneuver as directed by the EGPWS windshear warning system.
Narrative: At 800 AGL on approach to Runway 16R at DEN the master warning lights illuminated followed immediately by 'WINDSHEAR WINDSHEAR WINDSHEAR' being announced by the GPWS. In addition; windshear was illuminated on the Captain's ADI. I immediately firewalled the throttles; double-clicked the Go Around switches; rotated towards 15 degrees nose up and performed the escape maneuver. On approach I had established a normal 700 foot per minute descent rate and upon initiation of the escape maneuver the descent rate was arrested; however for 2-3 seconds the aircraft did not climb despite full power and an approximately 15 degree nose up attitude. Shortly thereafter approach control announced a microburst alert. I continued the escape maneuver to 9000 MSL and the subsequent approach to 17R was uneventful.
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.