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Emb-145 flight crew reported receiving a GPWS terrain warning on night visual approach to roa. Crew stated they felt they were clear of terrain.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1225907 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201412 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ROA.Airport |
| State Reference | VA |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | EMB ERJ 145 ER/LR |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Final Approach |
| Route In Use | Visual Approach |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Captain Pilot Flying |
| Person 2 | |
| Function | First Officer Pilot Not Flying |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Inflight Event / Encounter CFTT / CFIT |
Narrative:
Unclear as to the cause of the warning; we believe we were clear of the terrain according to the lights we could see. The event took place at roanoke airport at night on a visual approach to 24. The approach controller turned us towards roanoke airport at 4000 ft. The runway was in sight we were cleared for a visual approach into 24. Upon descending out of 4000 ft we received a 'terrain pull up' aural warning. We executed the egpws procedure adding full power and pitching up. The controller leveled us off at 5000 ft and vectored us around for another approach. We were given a descent to 4000 ft; once level we were given vectors back to the airport. When we approached the same mountain range as before the 'terrain' aural warning sounded again. This time without the 'pull up'. As we were climbing to 5000; another aircraft was descending to 5;000 ft and given vectors away from us. They were never close enough for an 'RA' or 'TA'. We were then vectored for an ils 34 and landed.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: EMB-145 flight crew reported receiving a GPWS terrain warning on night visual approach to ROA. Crew stated they felt they were clear of terrain.
Narrative: Unclear as to the cause of the warning; we believe we were clear of the terrain according to the lights we could see. The event took place at Roanoke airport at night on a visual approach to 24. The approach controller turned us towards Roanoke airport at 4000 FT. The runway was in sight we were cleared for a visual approach into 24. Upon descending out of 4000 FT we received a 'terrain pull up' aural warning. We executed the egpws procedure adding full power and pitching up. The controller leveled us off at 5000 FT and vectored us around for another approach. We were given a descent to 4000 FT; once level we were given vectors back to the airport. When we approached the same mountain range as before the 'terrain' aural warning sounded again. This time without the 'pull up'. As we were climbing to 5000; another aircraft was descending to 5;000 FT and given vectors away from us. They were never close enough for an 'RA' or 'TA'. We were then vectored for an ils 34 and landed.
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.