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An air carrier aircraft alerted a windshear alert at 1;500 feet in light winds while on approach to tul but it was ignored as an erroneous alert.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1104109 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201307 |
| Local Time Of Day | 0001-0600 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | TUL.Tower |
| State Reference | OK |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Widebody Low Wing 3 Turbojet Eng |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Descent |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Component | |
| Aircraft Component | GPWS |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Captain Pilot Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Aircraft Equipment Problem Less Severe |
Narrative:
While on descent into tulsa in light winds; received a windshear warning well above 1;500 feet AGL when system is supposed to be active. No other indications of windshear. Winds 25 knots at 3;500 feet and approximately 5 knots on ground. First officer and I quickly discussed we thought it was erroneous and continued to landing tulsa. Got slightly low on approach attempting to get airplane out of windshear mode; however stable by 500 feet. Though there were thunderstorms 25 miles south of field; we were in clear weather; no turbulence; light winds and in our opinion the system did not work properly. A maintenance log entry was made. I believe system was not working correctly.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: An air carrier aircraft alerted a Windshear Alert at 1;500 feet in light winds while on approach to TUL but it was ignored as an erroneous alert.
Narrative: While on descent into Tulsa in light winds; received a windshear warning well above 1;500 feet AGL when system is supposed to be active. No other indications of windshear. Winds 25 knots at 3;500 feet and approximately 5 knots on ground. First Officer and I quickly discussed we thought it was erroneous and continued to landing Tulsa. Got slightly low on approach attempting to get airplane out of windshear mode; however stable by 500 feet. Though there were thunderstorms 25 miles south of field; we were in clear weather; no turbulence; light winds and in our opinion the system did not work properly. A maintenance log entry was made. I believe system was not working correctly.
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.