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A319 flight crew reported receiving a GPWS terrain warning on RNAV approach. Alert silenced as soon as escape maneuver was initiated.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1592736 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201811 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801-2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | PIT.Airport |
| State Reference | PA |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | A319 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Final Approach |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Pilot Not Flying Captain |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Commercial Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Multiengine |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 210 Flight Crew Type 1073 |
| Person 2 | |
| Function | Pilot Flying First Officer |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Commercial |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 100 Flight Crew Total 8260 Flight Crew Type 6445 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Inflight Event / Encounter CFTT / CFIT |
Narrative:
Approximately 2;300 feet MSL on RNAV (GPS) runway 10L pit (ILS out of service) night VMC on PAPI glideslope; runway in sight; fully configured; stable and cleared to land. [Received] GPWS terrain terrain pull up. Despite being on glide slope and believing we were nowhere near terrain; began escape maneuver (toga and pitched up) and warning went away. Discontinued escape maneuver and continued stabilized visual approach to normal landing.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A319 flight crew reported receiving a GPWS terrain warning on RNAV Approach. Alert silenced as soon as escape maneuver was initiated.
Narrative: Approximately 2;300 feet MSL on RNAV (GPS) RWY 10L PIT (ILS out of service) night VMC on PAPI glideslope; runway in sight; fully configured; stable and cleared to land. [Received] GPWS TERRAIN TERRAIN PULL UP. Despite being on glide slope and believing we were nowhere near terrain; began escape maneuver (TOGA and pitched up) and warning went away. Discontinued escape maneuver and continued stabilized visual approach to normal landing.
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.