Falcon 7X captain experiences a GPWS caution while east bound west of stw VOR at 2;000 ft. ATC issue...

Attributes
ACN	1054174
Time
Date	201212
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	N90.TRACON
State Reference	NY
Environment
Flight Conditions	IMC
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Falcon 7X
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Descent
Route In Use	Vectors
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Captain Pilot Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 30 Flight Crew Total 7400 Flight Crew Type 300
Events
Anomaly	ATC Issue All Types Deviation - Procedural Other / Unknown Inflight Event / Encounter CFTT / CFIT

Narrative:

On a 090 heading headed east towards the stw VOR we; the crew; believe we were given a descent to 2;000 ft MSL by ATC. At 2;000 ft MSL we received a GPWS caution. ATC instructed us to climb to 3;000 ft. We were constantly monitoring the GPWS and made a climb to 3;000 ft without further incident. We made a follow up phone call with ATC after landing and they said they were in the process of changing the MVA's in that area. They also stated that no further action was being taken in this event. Poor weather in the new york area all morning and afternoon led to high traffic density and radio chatter at the time of the incident.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: Falcon 7X Captain experiences a GPWS caution while east bound west of STW VOR at 2;000 FT. ATC issues a climb to 3;000 FT and indicates the MVA in this area is being revised.

Narrative: On a 090 heading headed east towards the STW VOR we; the crew; believe we were given a descent to 2;000 FT MSL by ATC. At 2;000 FT MSL we received a GPWS caution. ATC instructed us to climb to 3;000 FT. We were constantly monitoring the GPWS and made a climb to 3;000 FT without further incident. We made a follow up phone call with ATC after landing and they said they were in the process of changing the MVA's in that area. They also stated that no further action was being taken in this event. Poor weather in the New York area all morning and afternoon led to high traffic density and radio chatter at the time of the incident.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2013 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.

Falcon 7X captain experiences a GPWS caution while east bound west of stw VOR at 2;000 ft. ATC issues a climb to 3;000 ft and indicates the MVA in this area is being revised.