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Air carrier first officer reported receiving a GPWS terrain alert on a visual approach to destination airport.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1757435 |
| Time | |
| Date | 202008 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201-1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | CRW.Airport |
| State Reference | WV |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Medium Large Transport Low Wing 2 Turbojet Eng |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Initial Approach |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Pilot Flying First Officer |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Deviation - Altitude Excursion From Assigned Altitude Deviation - Procedural Clearance Inflight Event / Encounter CFTT / CFIT |
Narrative:
Coming in to crw we were assigned direct to stilt; FAF point for the ILS approach to runway 23 - to 3;000 ft. In VFR conditions. We were cleared for the visual and we turned to a downwind from the FAF and went down to 2;400 ft.; which was the FAF altitude where we received an aural warning for terrain and [a] pull up alert. I disengaged the autopilot and climbed back up 3;000 ft. [And] hand flew the approach to runway 23 without any other incidents. Being cleared for the visual with the ILS backup; muscle memory had me descend to the FAF altitude temporarily before realizing that crw has different procedures regarding approaches for 23. Knowing that crw is a special airport; staying at the higher altitude last received till established on the approach was all that was needed even though the visual was given.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: Air carrier First Officer reported receiving a GPWS terrain alert on a visual approach to destination airport.
Narrative: Coming in to CRW we were assigned direct to STILT; FAF point for the ILS approach to Runway 23 - to 3;000 ft. in VFR conditions. We were cleared for the visual and we turned to a downwind from the FAF and went down to 2;400 ft.; which was the FAF altitude where we received an aural warning for terrain and [a] pull up alert. I disengaged the autopilot and climbed back up 3;000 ft. [and] hand flew the approach to Runway 23 without any other incidents. Being cleared for the visual with the ILS backup; muscle memory had me descend to the FAF altitude temporarily before realizing that CRW has different procedures regarding approaches for 23. Knowing that CRW is a special airport; staying at the higher altitude last received till established on the approach was all that was needed even though the visual was given.
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.