B737-700 flight crew reported receiving a GPWS terrain warning and continuing the approach instead o...

Attributes
ACN	1257858
Time
Date	201504
Local Time Of Day	1801-2400
Place
Locale Reference	DAL.Tower
State Reference	TX
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	B737-700
Flight Phase	Initial Approach
Person 1
Function	Captain
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 237
Person 2
Function	First Officer
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 233 Flight Crew Type 5000
Events
Anomaly	Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Inflight Event / Encounter Unstabilized Approach Inflight Event / Encounter CFTT / CFIT Inflight Event / Encounter Weather / Turbulence

Narrative:

While flying a visual approach to runway 31L in dal; we received a GPWS caution and did not execute a go-around as required by our policy outlined in the QRH. An extensive weather system was south and southeast of dal and one of the individual cells that we were paying close attention to as we worked our way into the terminal area from the north was located south of downtown dallas. We encountered a tailwind on base and final which added distractions and complication to the execution of this visual approach. During our debrief; my first officer and I agreed that we didn't recognize that we needed to go around at the time. But; after our discussion we concluded that because of the caution occurring at night a go-around was required. Familiarity played a role as well in our awareness of the surrounding obstructions. I intentionally maneuvered east of city place tower which is located a few miles north of downtown on central expressway and of course turned final north/northeast of downtown itself.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: B737-700 flight crew reported receiving a GPWS terrain warning and continuing the approach instead of going around.

Narrative: While flying a Visual Approach to Runway 31L in DAL; we received a GPWS caution and did not execute a go-around as required by our policy outlined in the QRH. An extensive weather system was South and southeast of DAL and one of the individual cells that we were paying close attention to as we worked our way into the terminal area from the north was located South of downtown Dallas. We encountered a tailwind on base and final which added distractions and complication to the execution of this visual approach. During our debrief; my First Officer and I agreed that we didn't recognize that we needed to go around at the time. But; after our discussion we concluded that because of the caution occurring at night a go-around was required. Familiarity played a role as well in our awareness of the surrounding obstructions. I intentionally maneuvered east of City Place Tower which is located a few miles north of downtown on Central Expressway and of course turned final North/northeast of downtown itself.

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.