MD80 crew executed a GPWS emergency escape maneuver with climb until the GPWS terrain warning stopped. Aircraft was at the minimum vectoring altitude at the time of occurrence, in IMC conditions, in sct class B.

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Attributes
ACN	579682
Time
Date	200304
Day	Thu
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	atc facility : sct.tracon
State Reference	CA
Altitude	msl single value : 4000
Environment
Flight Conditions	IMC
Weather Elements	Rain
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tracon : sct.tracon
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	MD-80 Series (DC-9-80) Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	descent : approach
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
ASRS Report	579682
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Events
Anomaly	conflict : ground less severe inflight encounter : weather other anomaly other
Independent Detector	aircraft equipment : gpws other flight crewa other flight crewb
Resolutory Action	controller : issued new clearance flight crew : took evasive action other
Consequence	other
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Aircraft FAA
Primary Problem	FAA

Narrative:

GPWS terrain warning over antenna farm on approach to san. We were IFR at the time. Requested vector for second approach. A second company flight on same frequency at the same time was on approach at same time, I think san approach may have had us mixed up.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: MD80 CREW EXECUTED A GPWS EMER ESCAPE MANEUVER WITH CLB UNTIL THE GPWS TERRAIN WARNING STOPPED. ACFT WAS AT THE MINIMUM VECTORING ALT AT THE TIME OF OCCURRENCE, IN IMC CONDITIONS, IN SCT CLASS B.

Narrative: GPWS TERRAIN WARNING OVER ANTENNA FARM ON APCH TO SAN. WE WERE IFR AT THE TIME. REQUESTED VECTOR FOR SECOND APCH. A SECOND COMPANY FLT ON SAME FREQ AT THE SAME TIME WAS ON APCH AT SAME TIME, I THINK SAN APCH MAY HAVE HAD US MIXED UP.

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.