SDR 96ZZZX1485

Service difficulty report · Gpws Warning · Fokker F28MK0100

Difficulty date
January 26, 1996
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N1447L
Make and model
Fokker F28MK0100
Aircraft serial
11456
Part
Gpws Warning
Condition
Activated
Location
Cockpit
Stage of operation
AP
Nature of condition
N
Precautionary procedure
O

As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.

What was found

DFW/BHM - FLT 1412 - INBOUND TO BHM AT 10,000 FEET, PILOT RECEIVED A GPWS MODE 4 ALERT, 'TOO LOW TERRAIN'. PILOT IMMEDIATELY MADE AN EVASIVE MANEUVER AND CLIMBED TO 12,000 FEET WHICH PUT THE AIRCRAFT INTO THE ATL TCA. AIRCRAFT WAS IN LIGHT RAIN AT THE TIME OF THE ALERT, AND THE PILOT HAD BEEEN MANEUVERING BECAUSE OF WEATHER PRIOR TO THE ALERT. PILOT THEN CONTINUED THE APPROACH AND LANDED AT BHM WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT.

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