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B757 captain experiences a terrain warning at 5;100 ft approaching shrrk on the jawws 3 arrival to sjc. While VMC at the time of the warning; clouds were ahead and evasive action was taken. ATC advises that 5;100 ft is the MVA for that area.

Narrative:

On jawws 3 arrival into sjc; ATC cleared us to 5100 feet prior to shrrk. While level at 5100 received GPWS terrain; terrain pull up pull up command. At the time we where clear of clouds but heading into clouds again. Clicked off auto pilot and climbed until warning stopped. Reported deviation to ATC. ATC stated min vectoring altitude was 5100 feet.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: B757 Captain experiences a terrain warning at 5;100 FT approaching SHRRK on the JAWWS 3 arrival to SJC. While VMC at the time of the warning; clouds were ahead and evasive action was taken. ATC advises that 5;100 FT is the MVA for that area.

Narrative: On Jawws 3 arrival into SJC; ATC cleared us to 5100 feet prior to SHRRK. While level at 5100 received GPWS Terrain; Terrain pull up pull up command. at the time we where clear of clouds but heading into clouds again. Clicked off auto pilot and climbed until warning stopped. reported deviation to ATC. ATC stated min vectoring altitude was 5100 feet.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site 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.