B737 flight crew experiences a terrain warning two miles south of runway 36 at bhm during a night vi...

Attributes
ACN	1068417
Time
Date	201302
Local Time Of Day	0001-0600
Place
Locale Reference	BHM.Airport
State Reference	AL
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	B737-700
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Initial Approach
Person 1
Function	Pilot Not Flying First Officer
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 181
Person 2
Function	Captain Pilot Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Events
Anomaly	Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Inflight Event / Encounter CFTT / CFIT

Narrative:

Requested visual to runway 6 and we were denied. ATC issued visual to 36 and pilot flying appropriately programmed a three-mile; three-degree glideslope to that runway. Night conditions with unlimited visibility. On approximately two-mile final; stabilized approach; we received a single 'too low terrain' call out at the top of a ridge line south of the airport. The pilot flying was 100 ft high on the vpath and terrain was in sight. As soon as we recognized the single call out all of the high terrain and threat was behind us; we continued for an uneventful landing on runway 36. Would not recommend visual approaches to runway 36 at night and would immediately execute the terrain avoidance maneuver per the QRH in the future.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: B737 flight crew experiences a terrain warning two miles south of Runway 36 at BHM during a night visual approach. Thrust is added but the warning does not repeat and the approach is continued to landing.

Narrative: Requested visual to Runway 6 and we were denied. ATC issued visual to 36 and pilot flying appropriately programmed a three-mile; three-degree glideslope to that runway. Night conditions with unlimited visibility. On approximately two-mile final; stabilized approach; we received a single 'Too Low Terrain' call out at the top of a ridge line south of the airport. The pilot flying was 100 FT high on the VPATH and terrain was in sight. As soon as we recognized the single call out all of the high terrain and threat was behind us; we continued for an uneventful landing on Runway 36. Would not recommend visual approaches to Runway 36 at night and would immediately execute the terrain avoidance maneuver per the QRH in the future.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2013 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.

B737 flight crew experiences a terrain warning two miles south of runway 36 at bhm during a night visual approach. Thrust is added but the warning does not repeat and the approach is continued to landing.