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A flight crew reported receiving a GPWS warning during a visual approach but continued since they had the terrain in sight and were stable.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1727530 |
| Time | |
| Date | 202002 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201-1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | CHO.Airport |
| State Reference | VA |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Commercial Fixed Wing |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Initial Approach |
| Route In Use | Visual Approach |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Pilot Flying Captain |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Person 2 | |
| Function | First Officer Pilot Not Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Inflight Event / Encounter CFTT / CFIT |
Narrative:
After being cleared for the visual approach we were tracking direct level at 2;600 feet when we received terrain terrain pull up one time. I immediately disengaged the autopilot however we were in clear; visual conditions; I decided to remain level because I had visual clearance from all obstacles. I had the terrain radar displayed and no threats were observed. The aircraft only annunciated once and then the GPWS warning cleared. We continued and made a normal visual approach backed by the ILS. We never observed any terrain or obstacle threats around the aircraft however; this airport is in very mountainous terrain. In the future when on visuals similar to this I will remain higher until closer to the airport especially at night. If I had remained at 5000 feet which was our previous cleared altitude and delayed our descent I could have prevented this annunciation.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A Flight Crew reported receiving a GPWS warning during a Visual Approach but continued since they had the terrain in sight and were stable.
Narrative: After being cleared for the Visual Approach we were tracking direct level at 2;600 feet when we received TERRAIN TERRAIN PULL UP one time. I immediately disengaged the autopilot however we were in clear; visual conditions; I decided to remain level because I had visual clearance from all obstacles. I had the terrain radar displayed and no threats were observed. The aircraft only annunciated once and then the GPWS warning cleared. We continued and made a normal visual approach backed by the ILS. We never observed any terrain or obstacle threats around the aircraft however; this airport is in very mountainous terrain. In the future when on visuals similar to this I will remain higher until closer to the airport especially at night. If I had remained at 5000 feet which was our previous cleared altitude and delayed our descent I could have prevented this annunciation.
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.