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A319 flight crew landed at psp on 31R while dealing with shifting gusty winds and a malfunctioning GPWS that gave them confusing warnings.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1325031 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201601 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201-1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | PSP.Airport |
| State Reference | CA |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | A319 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Final Approach |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Component | |
| Aircraft Component | GPWS |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Captain Pilot Flying |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 187 Flight Crew Total 12718 Flight Crew Type 9994 |
| Person 2 | |
| Function | Pilot Not Flying First Officer |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 124.28 Flight Crew Total 6500 Flight Crew Type 409.43 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Aircraft Equipment Problem Less Severe Inflight Event / Encounter Weather / Turbulence |
Narrative:
We were flying a visual RNAV 31L approach to psp. The weather was VFR. The winds on the runway were 350 at 7 kts. There was moderate turbulence during the entire approach. The first officer (first officer) and I had thoroughly briefed the approach and weather conditions. On the way down final; we had a quartering tailwind at between 15-17 kts. The airplane was fully configured and on speed by 1;500 feet. We had a visual on the runway; and were using the RNAV approach as backup. Approximately at 400 feet; we received a sink rate GPWS alert. I shallowed the descent. On short final there was another momentary sink rate call from GPWS. The first officer stated later that the descent rate was never more than 1;000 fpm. As we were in the flare; in the touchdown zone; we got a GPWS too low terrain call. There was obviously conflicting information. Since we were on the right runway; fully configured and stable; I landed the airplane. The landing was uneventful. When we arrived at the gate; we called maintenance and wrote up the GPWS system. Looking at the maintenance history; there had been 2 previous GPWS write ups within 4 days.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A319 flight crew landed at PSP on 31R while dealing with shifting gusty winds and a malfunctioning GPWS that gave them confusing warnings.
Narrative: We were flying a visual RNAV 31L approach to PSP. The weather was VFR. The winds on the runway were 350 at 7 kts. There was moderate turbulence during the entire approach. The First Officer (FO) and I had thoroughly briefed the approach and weather conditions. On the way down final; we had a quartering tailwind at between 15-17 kts. The airplane was fully configured and on speed by 1;500 feet. We had a visual on the runway; and were using the RNAV approach as backup. Approximately at 400 feet; we received a sink rate GPWS alert. I shallowed the descent. On short final there was another momentary sink rate call from GPWS. The FO stated later that the descent rate was never more than 1;000 fpm. As we were in the flare; in the touchdown zone; we got a GPWS too low terrain call. There was obviously conflicting information. Since we were on the right runway; fully configured and stable; I landed the airplane. The landing was uneventful. When we arrived at the gate; we called Maintenance and wrote up the GPWS system. Looking at the maintenance history; there had been 2 previous GPWS write ups within 4 days.
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.