Air carrier flight crew reports an egpws 'caution obstacle' warning during a night visual approach t...

Attributes
ACN	1168928
Time
Date	201405
Local Time Of Day	0001-0600
Place
Locale Reference	DAL.Tower
State Reference	TX
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	B737-300
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Initial Approach
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Pilot Flying First Officer
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 137 Flight Crew Type 1284
Person 2
Function	Pilot Not Flying Captain
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 244
Events
Anomaly	Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Inflight Event / Encounter CFTT / CFIT

Narrative:

Cleared for a night; visual approach to runway 31L at dal from a left base just outside downtown. ILS was tuned up and also loaded in FMS with extension off of jakid. First officer overcorrected for overshooting final which positioned aircraft left of centerline. Received 'caution obstacle;' and corrected flight path by correcting to centerline and continued visual approach with downtown (obstacle alert) clearly in sight and aircraft was in a safe position for landing. Stable with proper runway alignment at 1;000 feet. Crew should have made a go-around due to receiving the GPWS caution at night; regardless of being visual with obstacle in accordance with company procedures. Increase spatial situational awareness with the cross-cockpit turn to final by maintaining a better scan both inside and out. Never get complacent on a visual approach. Solicit information from captain if needed.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: Air carrier flight crew reports an EGPWS 'Caution Obstacle' warning during a night visual approach to Runway 31L due to an overshoot to the left. The flying First Officer corrects to centerline and continues to a normal landing in violation of company SOP.

Narrative: Cleared for a night; visual approach to Runway 31L at DAL from a left base just outside downtown. ILS was tuned up and also loaded in FMS with extension off of JAKID. First Officer overcorrected for overshooting final which positioned aircraft left of centerline. Received 'Caution Obstacle;' and corrected flight path by correcting to centerline and continued visual approach with downtown (Obstacle Alert) clearly in sight and aircraft was in a safe position for landing. Stable with proper runway alignment at 1;000 feet. Crew should have made a go-around due to receiving the GPWS caution at night; regardless of being visual with obstacle IAW Company procedures. Increase spatial situational awareness with the cross-cockpit turn to final by maintaining a better scan both inside and out. Never get complacent on a visual approach. Solicit information from Captain if needed.

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.

Air carrier flight crew reports an egpws 'caution obstacle' warning during a night visual approach to runway 31L due to an overshoot to the left. The flying first officer corrects to centerline and continues to a normal landing in violation of company SOP.