Narrative:

While descending to 5000 ft on radar vector, GPWS sounded alert 'terrain.' climbed to 6200 ft, advised approach control and descended back to 5000 ft.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: DC10-10 CREW EXECUTED A GPWS ESCAPE MANEUVER WITH CLB UNTIL THE WARNING STOPPED. ACFT WAS ABOVE THE MINIMUM VECTORING ALT AT THE TIME OF OCCURRENCE IN NCT CLASS E.

Narrative: WHILE DSNDING TO 5000 FT ON RADAR VECTOR, GPWS SOUNDED ALERT 'TERRAIN.' CLBED TO 6200 FT, ADVISED APCH CTL AND DSNDED BACK TO 5000 FT.

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.