<< >> NASA ASRS Report 1584861, October 2018

B737 flight crew reported receiving a GPWS caution and continuing the approach to landing; contrary to company policy.

Attributes
ACN	1584861
Time
Date	201810
Local Time Of Day	1801-2400
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Environment
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	B737-800
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Final Approach
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Pilot Flying Captain
Qualification	Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Multiengine
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 375
Person 2
Function	First Officer Pilot Not Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Multiengine
Events
Anomaly	Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Inflight Event / Encounter CFTT / CFIT

Narrative:

Night landing. Conditions were clear and a million! I accepted a visual approach from ATC. I was not rushed or trying to cut corners. I was simply flying a fairly close in right base to final approach. We received 'caution obstacle' and I simply adjusted my sink rate (was not below glidepath) and continued to a normal landing. Taxiing in; I said; 'I think we were supposed to have gone around!' sure enough we looked it up and there it was. I really should have known better; no excuse. I guess since it's been a while since I reviewed that section and the oral alert is passive in nature; I did not feel we were in a bad position; when in fact we were! We debriefed each other and we both wished we would have gone around. My memory should have had me react properly without hesitation.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: B737 flight crew reported receiving a GPWS caution and continuing the approach to landing; contrary to company policy.

Narrative: Night landing. Conditions were clear and a million! I accepted a visual approach from ATC. I was not rushed or trying to cut corners. I was simply flying a fairly close in right base to final approach. We received 'caution obstacle' and I simply adjusted my sink rate (was not below glidepath) and continued to a normal landing. Taxiing in; I said; 'I think we were supposed to have gone around!' Sure enough we looked it up and there it was. I really should have known better; no excuse. I guess since it's been a while since I reviewed that section and the oral alert is passive in nature; I did not feel we were in a bad position; when in fact we were! We debriefed each other and we both wished we would have gone around. My memory should have had me react properly without hesitation.

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.