Narrative:

Southeast of mcden OM at 3000 ft MSL we were cleared for the visual approach. The PF selected heading select and began to descend. The course selected put him inside the marker. I asked if he saw the radio towers on my side of the aircraft which he said yes. Several seconds later; the GPWS caution obstacle alert sounded. He then began a right turn that was putting us closer to the antennas. I then informed him he needed to turn left to avoid these antennas which he did. There was a definite miscommunication between crew members and an operating procedure that does not require over flight of the FAF at night.[suggest] better company SOP for night operations in VFR conditions.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: Air carrier First Officer queried his Captain; the flying pilot; if he saw the towers southeast of the BHM Runway 6 MCDEM outer marker while turning and descending on a night visual approach. The positive response was followed by an GPWS obstacle caution; a turn towards the towers; and then evasive turns away from the towers.

Narrative: Southeast of MCDEN OM at 3000 ft MSL we were cleared for the visual approach. The PF selected Heading Select and began to descend. The course selected put him inside the marker. I asked if he saw the radio towers on my side of the aircraft which he said yes. Several seconds later; the GPWS Caution Obstacle Alert sounded. He then began a right turn that was putting us closer to the antennas. I then informed him he needed to turn left to avoid these antennas which he did. There was a definite miscommunication between Crew Members and an operating procedure that does not require over flight of the FAF at night.[Suggest] better Company SOP for night operations in VFR conditions.

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.