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Air carrier arrival to san received a GPWS during a descent to 3800; one reporter suggesting an increase in the 3800 altitude procedure to prevent future events.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 934840 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201102 |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601-1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | SCT.TRACON |
| State Reference | CA |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | A320 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Pilot Not Flying |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 200 Flight Crew Total 12500 Flight Crew Type 1300 |
| Person 2 | |
| Function | Pilot Flying Captain |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | ATC Issue All Types Inflight Event / Encounter Weather / Turbulence |
Narrative:
Controller vectored us right over a mountain top; 3 miles northeast of okain intersection on the approach at 3800 ft. We got a terrain pull up event night IMC. The weather was marginal VFR as we were in the snow storm from sfo now over san. It was the end of a long duty day with icing; thunderstorms; and moderate turbulence. These schedules are onerous and now we have to deal with this event. We called ATC and they said that it was a legal altitude for them and that they will not raise it to avoid this in the future due to pressure from the airlines not to have people to high. This event will happen again as no resolution came from the call with ATC. Suggest just 200 ft more to 4000 ft and this could be avoided possibly in the future.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: Air Carrier arrival to SAN received a GPWS during a descent to 3800; one reporter suggesting an increase in the 3800 altitude procedure to prevent future events.
Narrative: Controller vectored us right over a mountain top; 3 miles NE of Okain Intersection on the approach at 3800 ft. We got a terrain pull up event night IMC. The weather was marginal VFR as we were in the snow storm from SFO now over SAN. It was the end of a long duty day with icing; thunderstorms; and moderate turbulence. These schedules are onerous and now we have to deal with this event. We called ATC and they said that it was a legal altitude for them and that they will not raise it to avoid this in the future due to pressure from the airlines not to have people to high. This event will happen again as no resolution came from the call with ATC. Suggest just 200 ft more to 4000 ft and this could be avoided possibly in the future.
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.