<< >> NASA ASRS Report 1320444, December 2015

Air carrier crew on visual approach to runway 34L at rno at night received a GPWS terrain warning. They performed the escape maneuver and rejoined the approach for landing.

Attributes
ACN	1320444
Time
Date	201512
Local Time Of Day	1801-2400
Place
Locale Reference	RNO.Airport
State Reference	NV
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Large Transport
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Final Approach
Route In Use	Visual Approach
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	First Officer Pilot Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 87 Flight Crew Type 402
Events
Anomaly	Inflight Event / Encounter CFTT / CFIT

Narrative:

While on a night visual to runway 34L at rno on a clear night with terrain clearly in sight; abeam epose at approximately 9;200 feet MSL I received a GPWS terrain warning. I immediately advanced power; raised the nose and performed the escape maneuver. The aircraft climbed 200-300 feet and the GPWS was silenced. We were able to rejoin a stabilized approach at approximately 1;800 feet AGL and we landed uneventfully.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: Air carrier crew on visual approach to Runway 34L at RNO at night received a GPWS terrain warning. They performed the escape maneuver and rejoined the approach for landing.

Narrative: While on a night visual to Runway 34L at RNO on a clear night with terrain clearly in sight; abeam EPOSE at approximately 9;200 feet MSL I received a GPWS Terrain warning. I immediately advanced power; raised the nose and performed the escape maneuver. The aircraft climbed 200-300 feet and the GPWS was silenced. We were able to rejoin a stabilized approach at approximately 1;800 feet AGL and we landed uneventfully.

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.