<< >> NASA ASRS Report 1058784, December 2012

An air carrier on approach to abq runway 26 received a momentary GPWS terrain warning which ceased quickly after a climb was begun so the approach descent was continued to a successful landing.

Attributes
ACN	1058784
Time
Date	201212
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	ABQ.Airport
State Reference	NM
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Medium Transport Low Wing 2 Turbojet Eng
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Initial Approach
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Pilot Not Flying First Officer
Events
Anomaly	Inflight Event / Encounter CFTT / CFIT

Narrative:

GPWS warning on visual approach to runway 26. The weather was VFR; visibility greater than 10 miles; clear skies and light turbulence. We were visually clear from terrain; and the terrain map was also showing us clear from terrain. Once we were aware of the GPWS warning we initiated a climb and the GPWS warning stop within 2 seconds. We continued the approach without further events. I would suggest not making such a direct course on the visual to runway 26. Go southwest over the terrain and then turn north for the base leg.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: An Air Carrier on approach to ABQ Runway 26 received a momentary GPWS TERRAIN warning which ceased quickly after a climb was begun so the approach descent was continued to a successful landing.

Narrative: GPWS warning on visual approach to Runway 26. The weather was VFR; Visibility greater than 10 miles; clear skies and light turbulence. We were visually clear from terrain; and the terrain map was also showing us clear from terrain. Once we were aware of the GPWS warning we initiated a climb and the GPWS warning stop within 2 seconds. We continued the approach without further events. I would suggest not making such a direct course on the visual to Runway 26. Go southwest over the terrain and then turn north for the base leg.

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.