An A319 flight crew inbound to las from the west was cleared for a night visual approach to runway 1...

Attributes
ACN	930058
Time
Date	201101
Local Time Of Day	1801-2400
Place
Locale Reference	LAS.Airport
State Reference	NV
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	A319
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Initial Approach
Route In Use	Visual Approach
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Pilot Flying Captain
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 270 Flight Crew Total 14612 Flight Crew Type 4961
Person 2
Function	First Officer Pilot Not Flying
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 25 Flight Crew Total 12500 Flight Crew Type 1600
Events
Anomaly	ATC Issue All Types Inflight Event / Encounter CFTT / CFIT

Narrative:

Early on the kepec arrival to las; we were cleared direct to hetax at 8;000 ft. ATC asked us to call the field [in sight] for a visual approach to runway 1L. 25 miles from the runway we called field in sight and were cleared for the visual approach. We set 5;100 ft for nodiy and started to descend. Soon after that; we proceeded direct to nodiy. Around the las 195 [radial] 17 [miles out] at 6;600 ft we received a 'terrain; terrain' warning. We pulled up and the warning stopped. ATC called to warn us about the terrain. The only visual display on the nd was green dots.when terrain clearance was assured; we continued the approach using the ILS. It was a very dark night and we could not see the terrain. By proceeding direct to nodiy; we were too close to the ridgeline that was west of the runway 1L extended centerline. We should not have cut the corner without having the terrain in sight; or performing a more thorough terrain analysis.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: An A319 flight crew inbound to LAS from the west was cleared for a night visual approach to Runway 1L. While descending in the dark to NODIY they received simultaneous terrain and low altitude alerts from the EGPWS and the tower.

Narrative: Early on the KEPEC Arrival to LAS; we were cleared direct to HETAX at 8;000 FT. ATC asked us to call the field [in sight] for a visual approach to Runway 1L. 25 miles from the runway we called field in sight and were cleared for the visual approach. We set 5;100 FT for NODIY and started to descend. Soon after that; we proceeded direct to NODIY. Around the LAS 195 [radial] 17 [miles out] at 6;600 FT we received a 'terrain; terrain' warning. We pulled up and the warning stopped. ATC called to warn us about the terrain. The only visual display on the ND was green dots.When terrain clearance was assured; we continued the approach using the ILS. It was a very dark night and we could not see the terrain. By proceeding direct to NODIY; we were too close to the ridgeline that was west of the Runway 1L extended centerline. We should not have cut the corner without having the terrain in sight; or performing a more thorough terrain analysis.

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.

An A319 flight crew inbound to las from the west was cleared for a night visual approach to runway 1L. While descending in the dark to nodiy they received simultaneous terrain and low altitude alerts from the egpws and the tower.