Flight crew experienced a taws warning on approach to runway 13 at dvl after briefing to be aware of...

Attributes
ACN	828226
Time
Date	200903
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	DVL.Airport
State Reference	ND
Environment
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Commercial Fixed Wing
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Initial Approach
Route In Use	Other Instrument Non Precision
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	First Officer Pilot Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Commercial
Experience	Flight Crew Total 1500 Flight Crew Type 1000
Person 2
Function	Pilot Not Flying Captain
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Experience	Flight Crew Total 3400 Flight Crew Type 1500
Events
Anomaly	Inflight Event / Encounter CFTT / CFIT

Narrative:

Setting up for the VOR 13 approach into dvl; we reviewed the airport directory page and were aware of the possibility of a taws alert on final. We were established inbound on the VOR approach at 2;000 ft and received a taws alert for terrain; and we immediately executed a go-around. We entered a hold over the airport and contacted dispatch and decided to go back to ZZZ due to the weather getting worse. Do not dispatch if the ceilings are low and winds favor the runway 13; because I feel this event would have happened again and again if we continued to try the approach. A go-around would provide unnecessary stress on the crew.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: Flight crew experienced a TAWS warning on approach to Runway 13 at DVL after briefing to be aware of a possible warning. They missed the approach and returned to departure airport.

Narrative: Setting up for the VOR 13 approach into DVL; we reviewed the airport directory page and were aware of the possibility of a TAWS alert on final. We were established inbound on the VOR approach at 2;000 FT and received a TAWS alert for terrain; and we immediately executed a go-around. We entered a hold over the airport and contacted dispatch and decided to go back to ZZZ due to the weather getting worse. Do not dispatch if the ceilings are low and winds favor the Runway 13; because I feel this event would have happened again and again if we continued to try the approach. A go-around would provide unnecessary stress on the crew.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of April 2012 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.

Flight crew experienced a taws warning on approach to runway 13 at dvl after briefing to be aware of a possible warning. They missed the approach and returned to departure airport.