B737 first officer reported receiving a terrain alert followed by a GPWS pull up alert caused by a 6...

Attributes
ACN	1316187
Time
Date	201511
Local Time Of Day	1801-2400
Place
Locale Reference	RNO.Airport
State Reference	NV
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	B737-800
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Initial Approach
Route In Use	Visual Approach
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	First Officer Pilot Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Events
Anomaly	Inflight Event / Encounter CFTT / CFIT

Narrative:

While on the visual approach at night using the ILS 16R as a backup I was intercepting the localizer between dicey and takle and set the altitude to 6400 feet to cross dicey. We received a terrain alert while in the descent in the process of leveling off the GPWS terrain pull up alert sounded. I executed the escape maneuver to a safe altitude and continued the visual approach. The approach plate does show a 6200 ft hill on the approach which I did not notice. I had the runway clearly insight and everything appeared to be a normal visual approach. Next time I will cross takle at 8500 and follow the glide slope. Until I am more familiar with reno I will always intercept the glide slope and localizer for guidance.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: B737 First Officer reported receiving a terrain alert followed by a GPWS pull up alert caused by a 6200 ft hill while on a night visual approach to Runway 16R at RNO.

Narrative: While on the visual approach at night using the ILS 16R as a backup I was intercepting the localizer between DICEY and TAKLE and set the altitude to 6400 feet to cross DICEY. We received a terrain alert while in the descent in the process of leveling off the GPWS terrain pull up alert sounded. I executed the escape maneuver to a safe altitude and continued the visual approach. The approach plate does show a 6200 ft hill on the approach which I did not notice. I had the runway clearly insight and everything appeared to be a normal visual approach. Next time I will cross TAKLE at 8500 and follow the glide slope. Until I am more familiar with Reno I will always intercept the glide slope and localizer for guidance.

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.

B737 first officer reported receiving a terrain alert followed by a GPWS pull up alert caused by a 6200 ft hill while on a night visual approach to runway 16R at rno.