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A320-200 captain reported GPWS terrain warning activation on descent into destination in mountainous environment.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1705308 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201911 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801-2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | SCT.TRACON |
| State Reference | CA |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | A320 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Descent |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Captain Pilot Not Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Multiengine |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Deviation - Procedural Clearance Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Inflight Event / Encounter CFTT / CFIT |
Narrative:
Flying westbound from jward intersection; east of mountains just to the west of sna; descending into sna on the DSNEE4 arrival; cleared for the visual runway 20R at sna; first officer (flight officer) flying pilot. Got terrain terrain; pull up; pull up at 5800 ft. MSL. Complied with warning; then normal approach and landing into sna.cause: neither pilot thought we were low. Had mountains in sight. First officer's first time into sna; first time on DSNEE4 arrival contributed to lack of awareness. Captain briefed prior that socal approach will keep airplane high on profile making it difficult to descend into sna on a normal profile. This brief probably contributed to first officer wanting to descend early. Captain had mountains in sight and thought clearance was going to be ok. Suggestions: don't clear airplanes for visual into sna when airplane is still east of 5600 ft. Mountains east of sna. Also make chart say keep 7600 ft. Until west of mountains.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A320-200 Captain reported GPWS terrain warning activation on descent into destination in mountainous environment.
Narrative: Flying westbound from JWARD intersection; east of mountains just to the west of SNA; descending into SNA on the DSNEE4 arrival; cleared for the visual Runway 20R at SNA; FO (Flight Officer) flying pilot. Got terrain terrain; pull up; pull up at 5800 ft. MSL. Complied with warning; then normal approach and landing into SNA.Cause: Neither pilot thought we were low. Had mountains in sight. FO's first time into SNA; first time on DSNEE4 arrival contributed to lack of awareness. Captain briefed prior that SOCAL approach will keep airplane high on profile making it difficult to descend into SNA on a normal profile. This brief probably contributed to FO wanting to descend early. Captain had mountains in sight and thought clearance was going to be OK. Suggestions: Don't clear airplanes for visual into SNA when airplane is still east of 5600 ft. mountains east of SNA. Also make chart say keep 7600 ft. until west of mountains.
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.