Air carrier flight crew reported responding to a GPWS event during a visual approach to landing.

Attributes
ACN	1514808
Time
Date	201801
Local Time Of Day	0001-0600
Place
Locale Reference	SYR.Airport
State Reference	NY
Environment
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Medium Transport Low Wing 2 Turbojet Eng
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Initial Approach
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	First Officer Pilot Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Multiengine
Person 2
Function	Pilot Not Flying Check Pilot Captain
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Instrument
Events
Anomaly	Inflight Event / Encounter CFTT / CFIT

Narrative:

While inbound to syr cleared for the visual approach; the captain and first officer concurred on the initiation of a descent from 3;500 MSL to 1;600 MSL (inbound altitude for associated ILS). During the descent the GPWS 'terrain' warning was activated as the aircraft flew in proximity to a tower. Upon initiation of the warning the captain took control of the aircraft; disconnected the autopilot and initiated a climb. Upon reaching a safe altitude; the captain returned the controls to the first officer and a safe visual approach to landing was completed.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: Air carrier flight crew reported responding to a GPWS event during a visual approach to landing.

Narrative: While inbound to SYR cleared for the Visual Approach; the Captain and First Officer concurred on the initiation of a descent from 3;500 MSL to 1;600 MSL (inbound altitude for associated ILS). During the descent the GPWS 'terrain' warning was activated as the aircraft flew in proximity to a tower. Upon initiation of the warning the Captain took control of the aircraft; disconnected the autopilot and initiated a climb. Upon reaching a safe altitude; the Captain returned the controls to the First Officer and a safe visual approach to landing was completed.

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.