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Air carrier flight crew being vectored for an ILS 16R approach to rno received a terrain warning. Crew performed a GPWS escape maneuver and were re-sequenced for the approach. Aircraft was vectored for a descent below the minimum sector altitude.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1328524 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201601 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201-1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | RNO.Airport |
| State Reference | NV |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | IMC |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | A319 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Initial Approach |
| Route In Use | Vectors |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Captain Pilot Not Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | ATC Issue All Types Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Inflight Event / Encounter CFTT / CFIT |
Narrative:
Approach vectored us west of the silver ILS 16R localizer to provide more spacing with another aircraft. When approach turned us southeast toward an intercept of the localizer; he also gave us a descent to 8500 feet MSL. I noticed the radio altimeter winding down quicker than our rate of descent. Shortly after that we got a 'terrain; terrain; pull up' warning. We immediately performed a GPWS type go around to the MSA of our sector. We reestablished automation; told approach what had happened and were re-sequenced for the approach. Approach put us on a vector along with a descent that put us in conflict with high terrain.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: Air Carrier flight crew being vectored for an ILS 16R approach to RNO received a terrain warning. Crew performed a GPWS escape maneuver and were re-sequenced for the approach. Aircraft was vectored for a descent below the Minimum Sector Altitude.
Narrative: Approach vectored us west of the Silver ILS 16R localizer to provide more spacing with another aircraft. When approach turned us southeast toward an intercept of the localizer; he also gave us a descent to 8500 feet MSL. I noticed the radio altimeter winding down quicker than our rate of descent. Shortly after that we got a 'TERRAIN; TERRAIN; PULL UP' warning. We immediately performed a GPWS type go around to the MSA of our sector. We reestablished automation; told approach what had happened and were re-sequenced for the approach. Approach put us on a vector along with a descent that put us in conflict with high terrain.
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.