B737 flight crew experiences terrain caution during night visual approach to runway 26 at abq. Desce...

Narrative:

During a lefthand base turn from the west to runway 26 during night; VMC conditions; we received a terrain caution. The wind vector at 3000 ft AGL was 270 at 30 knots. Due to the high moon luminance; the rising terrain was in sight by the crew. The PF immediately responded to the caution by adjusting vertical descent. The caution ceased. The aircraft continued with the approach to a landing without further incident. When the caution sounded; I questioned whether we should go around. I should have been more assertive and called 'go around' as per fom procedures.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: B737 Flight Crew experiences terrain caution during night visual approach to Runway 26 at ABQ. Descent rate was adjusted to silence the caution and approach was continued to landing.

Narrative: During a lefthand base turn from the west to Runway 26 during night; VMC conditions; we received a Terrain Caution. The wind vector at 3000 ft AGL was 270 at 30 knots. Due to the high moon luminance; the rising terrain was in sight by the Crew. The PF immediately responded to the Caution by adjusting vertical descent. The caution ceased. The aircraft continued with the approach to a landing without further incident. When the Caution sounded; I questioned whether we should go around. I should have been more assertive and called 'Go Around' as per FOM procedures.

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.

Attributes
ACN	863659
Time
Date	200912
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	ABQ.Airport
State Reference	NM
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	B737 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Initial Approach
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	First Officer
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 201 Flight Crew Type 4000
Person 2
Function	Captain
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 190

B737 flight crew experiences terrain caution during night visual approach to runway 26 at abq. Descent rate was adjusted to silence the caution and approach was continued to landing.