<< >> NASA ASRS Report 1147061, January 2014

An air carrier flight crew in VMC conditions during descent for landing quickly determined a GPWS 'pull up' warning was erroneous and continued their approach and landing without further event.

Attributes
ACN	1147061
Time
Date	201401
Local Time Of Day	0601-1200
Place
Locale Reference	ABQ.Airport
State Reference	NM
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Commercial Fixed Wing
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Initial Approach
Route In Use	Visual Approach
Flight Plan	IFR
Component
Aircraft Component	GPWS
Person 1
Function	Captain Pilot Flying
Events
Anomaly	Aircraft Equipment Problem Less Severe Inflight Event / Encounter CFTT / CFIT

Narrative:

During approach in visual conditions to runway 21 in abq was cleared from STAR arrival procedure to descend in for visual approach. Terrain was clearly in sight; and briefed. During base to final GPWS alerted with 'pull up' command. Crew coordination was excellent during arrival and approach and both pilot not flying and pilot flying (captain) confirmed no conflict with terrain; GPWS then quickly announced clear of conflict and we landed without incident.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: An Air Carrier flight crew in VMC conditions during descent for landing quickly determined a GPWS 'Pull up' warning was erroneous and continued their approach and landing without further event.

Narrative: During approach in visual conditions to Runway 21 in ABQ was cleared from STAR arrival procedure to descend in for visual approach. Terrain was clearly in sight; and briefed. During base to final GPWS alerted with 'Pull Up' command. Crew coordination was excellent during arrival and approach and both pilot not flying and pilot flying (Captain) confirmed NO Conflict with terrain; GPWS then quickly announced Clear of Conflict and we landed without incident.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site 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.