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Proximity of ground noted by SF34 GPWS. Crew executed a GPWS escape maneuver with an emergency maximum rate climb until the warning stopped.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 542532 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200203 |
| Day | Thu |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : mgw.airport |
| State Reference | WV |
| Altitude | msl single value : 4000 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | IMC |
| Weather Elements | Ice Turbulence |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | SF 340A |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | cruise : level descent : approach |
| Route In Use | arrival : on vectors |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : instrument pilot : flight engineer pilot : commercial pilot : cfi pilot : multi engine pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 100 flight time total : 3000 flight time type : 300 |
| ASRS Report | 542532 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | inflight encounter : weather inflight encounter : turbulence other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | aircraft equipment : gpws other flight crewa other flight crewb |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : took evasive action other |
| Miss Distance | horizontal : 1000 |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Aircraft FAA |
| Primary Problem | FAA |
| Situations | |
| ATC Facility | procedure or policy : ckb.tracon |
Narrative:
At 4000 ft while receiving vectors for an approach into morgantown, wv, in IMC, we heard an aural alert. It was our GPWS warning of 'terrain.' we simultaneously climbed and told approach frequency we were climbing because of a GPWS warning. He had no problem with that. In IMC we can't take chances that our GPWS is functioning properly or not, and we can't wait for approval to climb after receiving such a warning.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: PROX OF GND NOTED BY SF34 GPWS. CREW EXECUTED A GPWS ESCAPE MANEUVER WITH AN EMER MAX RATE CLB UNTIL THE WARNING STOPPED.
Narrative: AT 4000 FT WHILE RECEIVING VECTORS FOR AN APCH INTO MORGANTOWN, WV, IN IMC, WE HEARD AN AURAL ALERT. IT WAS OUR GPWS WARNING OF 'TERRAIN.' WE SIMULTANEOUSLY CLBED AND TOLD APCH FREQ WE WERE CLBING BECAUSE OF A GPWS WARNING. HE HAD NO PROB WITH THAT. IN IMC WE CAN'T TAKE CHANCES THAT OUR GPWS IS FUNCTIONING PROPERLY OR NOT, AND WE CAN'T WAIT FOR APPROVAL TO CLB AFTER RECEIVING SUCH A WARNING.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 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.