Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Situational Awareness
Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Published Material / Policy; Inflight Event / Encounter CFTT / CFIT
Flight Crew Took Evasive Action
Airport; Environment - Non Weather Related; Human Factors
Upon approach to LSE the F.O. (First Officer) was cleared for a visual approach 10 miles west of the airport at 2800 ft AGL. The F.O. made a wide (8 Mile) left downwind for runway 36 and attempted to make an immediate descent to 1500 ft AGL. I told him not to descend we were too far out but that we needed to slow down. While I was looking for traffic and talking to tower the F.O. started an immediate descent to 1500 ft AGL. When I told him to stop the descent I noticed a group of towers ahead of us. I took the controls and initiated a climb but it was too late. We received an alert from the EGPWS for an obstacle and to climb. Once clear of the towers I landed uneventfully.
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Air carrier flight crew reported encountering an EGPWS activation during a visual approach.