Commercial Fixed Wing
Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Situational Awareness
Inflight Event / Encounter CFTT / CFIT
Flight Crew Became Reoriented; Flight Crew Took Evasive Action
Human Factors
While approaching ITH from the south; we had a visual on the airport and were cleared for the visual. I turned away from the FAF which was our last point of direct navigation as assigned by ATC. I slowed the airplane and configured for flaps 9. As we got closer I was heading for a 4 to 5 mile intercept of the final approach course and began a slow descent from 4000 ft to 3000 ft; the final approach [fix] altitude. I set 3000 ft and began a 500 fpm descent. As we approached 3200 ft we got an EGPWS warning 'Terrain'. I disconnected the autopilot then added max thrust and began a climb; I climbed to MSA for the area; 3700 ft. The First Officer and I felt that we were still in a position to continue the visual into ITH and did so. All precautions were taken; the flight operations quality alert and terrain were discussed both on the departure briefing and the arrival briefing. We briefed the tallest obstacles; their location and the rising terrain. We were slowed to 180 kts flaps 9 and used a slow descent rate to avoid such alerts. Performed the escape maneuver and leveled at MSA. Next time I will ask to just begin the approach from OCCIE fix rather than attempting the visual.
During visual approach on RWY 32 Pilot Flying (PF) turned away from FAF .The airplane [was] slowed and configured for flaps 9. The airplane was on left base about 5 miles before intercepting the final approach segment. [Captain] began slow descent from 4000 ft to 3000 ft with VS 500 fpm. At 3200 ft we gotten EGPWS warning 'Terrain '. PF immediately followed escape maneuver for EGPWS and climbed to 3700 ft. After that we continued visual for landing. During departure briefing and approach briefing we following all SOP's. During approach we briefed for tallest obstacles. We used slow descent rate to avoid such alert.
Flight crew reported receiving an EGPWS Terrain warning on a night visual approach to ITH.