EMB ERJ 140 ER/LR
Flight Crew Multiengine; Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP); Flight Crew Instrument
Situational Awareness
Inflight Event / Encounter CFTT / CFIT
Flight Crew Took Evasive Action
Equipment / Tooling
Approach control cleared for us for the visual when we declared airport in sight. We had been set up on a right downwind. Using the RNAV Y chart as a reference; Pilot Flying (PF) initiated the descent to be above 2400 between the two fixes and was about to start the turn for the right base turn when we got the [advisory] Terrain Pull up. This also while scanning to maintain visual contact with the airport. I executed the escape maneuver. After completing the escape maneuver I commenced the base turn and continued the visual approach.Downwind leg too far out from airport and crew needed to maintain altitude for longer. Commercial passenger flights should always be vectored for the RNAV 21 due to the surrounding terrain and high terrain due east of final approach course for 21.
We were in contact with approach control. Approach control cleared us for the visual for runway 21. We called the runway in sight. We were set up on a right downwind for the airport. We backed the visual up with the RNAV 21 approach. We began to descend to 2400 for [an] intersection off the approach while beginning a right hand turn for a base leg for RWY 21. The turn was clear to the right and right when we were about to begin our turn a Terrain Pull UP warning went off the captain flying immediately initiated the escape maneuver. After the maneuver was completed and conflict cleared the captain started his base turn while maintaining visual of the run way; and continued the approach.
EMB-140 Flight crew reported a Terrain warning during visual approach.