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An air carrier flight crew reported a GPWS terrain warning while on a visual approach to avp with the associated towers in sight.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1409974 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201612 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801-2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | AVP.Airport |
| State Reference | PA |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Bombardier/Canadair Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Initial Approach |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Captain Pilot Not Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Person 2 | |
| Function | Pilot Flying First Officer |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Inflight Event / Encounter CFTT / CFIT |
| Miss Distance | Vertical 700 |
Narrative:
We were on right downwind for runway 22 in avp. There are some tall towers in the surrounding area of the airport. We were cleared for the approach at 4000 ft. We even asked the approach how tall the tower was between us and the airport and approach advised us it is 2800 ft and we verified it on our terrain mfd display. We started our descent down to 3500 ft while on downwind. After passing the tower and visually confirming that the tower wasn't a factor; we turned right base to the field and started our next phase of descent. Around 3400 ft we received terrain warning from GPWS. The weather was clear and our situational awareness was high. My first officer stopped the descent and the warning which only lasted few seconds. I reassured my first officer that we are well clear of the tower or other terrain obstructions and advised him to continue the approach. We landed safely with no further events.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: An air carrier flight crew reported a GPWS Terrain Warning while on a visual approach to AVP with the associated towers in sight.
Narrative: We were on right downwind for runway 22 in AVP. There are some tall towers in the surrounding area of the airport. We were cleared for the approach at 4000 ft. We even asked the approach how tall the tower was between us and the airport and approach advised us it is 2800 ft and we verified it on our terrain MFD display. We started our descent down to 3500 ft while on downwind. After passing the tower and visually confirming that the tower wasn't a factor; we turned right base to the field and started our next phase of descent. Around 3400 ft we received terrain warning from GPWS. The weather was clear and our situational awareness was high. My FO stopped the descent and the warning which only lasted few seconds. I reassured my FO that we are well clear of the tower or other terrain obstructions and advised him to continue the approach. We landed safely with no further events.
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.