Narrative:

After being cleared for a visual approach to runway 15 bur I turned off the auto pilot and began a visual descent into the terminal area. The airport; the surrounding city lights and terrain between the aircraft and airport were insight. Approximately 10 miles northwest of the airport during descent the GPWS audible alert annunciated. The terrain was in sight and the airport and surrounding city lights in front of the aircraft were visible with no terrain silhouetting or masking any forward visibility. No low altitude alert was issued by bur tower controllers. The aircraft was leveled. After the GPWS alert stopped the aircraft continued visually and landed normally at bur runway 15 with no further events.our flight had been delayed by almost 3 hours. This event happened after midnight after a full day of flying from the east coast. In hindsight after 12 hours of duty and almost 7 hours of flight time it would have been more prudent to fly the ILS approach to runway 8 bur where terrain is not a factor unless a missed approach is executed. I have flown a visual approach to runway 15 bur from the northwest many times before both day and night and am familiar with the terrain along the descent into the bur terminal area but I will not fly a visual approach to runway 15 bur from the northwest at night again. I will fly the ILS runway 8 even in visual conditions.

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Title: CRJ900 Captain experiences a GPWS terrain warning during a night visual approach to Runway 15 at BUR.

Narrative: After being cleared for a visual approach to Runway 15 BUR I turned off the auto pilot and began a visual descent into the terminal area. The airport; the surrounding city lights and terrain between the aircraft and airport were insight. Approximately 10 miles northwest of the airport during descent the GPWS audible alert annunciated. The terrain was in sight and the airport and surrounding city lights in front of the aircraft were visible with no terrain silhouetting or masking any forward visibility. No low altitude alert was issued by BUR Tower Controllers. The aircraft was leveled. After the GPWS alert stopped the aircraft continued visually and landed normally at BUR Runway 15 with no further events.Our flight had been delayed by almost 3 hours. This event happened after midnight after a full day of flying from the east coast. In hindsight after 12 hours of duty and almost 7 hours of flight time it would have been more prudent to fly the ILS approach to Runway 8 BUR where terrain is not a factor unless a missed approach is executed. I have flown a visual approach to Runway 15 BUR from the northwest many times before both day and night and am familiar with the terrain along the descent into the BUR terminal area but I will not fly a visual approach to Runway 15 BUR from the northwest at night again. I will fly the ILS Runway 8 even in visual conditions.

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.