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While cleared to maneuver around rain showers an air carrier flight crew responded to a terrain warning on descent to mdpc.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 963791 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201108 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801-2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | MDPC.TRACON |
| State Reference | FO |
| Environment | |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Commercial Fixed Wing |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Descent |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Captain |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Person 2 | |
| Function | Pilot Not Flying First Officer |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Inflight Event / Encounter CFTT / CFIT |
Narrative:
I was the pilot flying on this flight. As we approached santo domingo's airspace santo domingo control cleared us from asivo to pokem; the if on the VOR DME runway 09 approach. I had flown to puj many times on the 737 and was comfortable with this clearance.we were given progressive descents from 15;000 ft; 7;000 ft; 5;000 ft; and 2;500 ft. There were rain showers along the route so I was deviating slightly left and right to avoid the heaviest areas. Once clear of the weather and proceeding to pokem and descending per our clearance to 2;500 ft we got the GPWS terrain warning. We accomplished the escape procedure and climbed to 4;000 ft. The warning ceased immediately upon initiating the climb. We then continued to pokem and completed the approach and landing.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: While cleared to maneuver around rain showers an air carrier flight crew responded to a terrain warning on descent to MDPC.
Narrative: I was the pilot flying on this flight. As we approached Santo Domingo's airspace Santo Domingo Control cleared us from ASIVO to POKEM; the IF on the VOR DME Runway 09 approach. I had flown to PUJ many times on the 737 and was comfortable with this clearance.We were given progressive descents from 15;000 FT; 7;000 FT; 5;000 FT; and 2;500 FT. There were rain showers along the route so I was deviating slightly left and right to avoid the heaviest areas. Once clear of the weather and proceeding to POKEM and descending per our clearance to 2;500 FT we got the GPWS terrain warning. We accomplished the escape procedure and climbed to 4;000 FT. The warning ceased immediately upon initiating the climb. We then continued to POKEM and completed the approach and landing.
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.