Air carrier first officer reported receiving a GPWS while descending into roa airport; ATC advised t...

Attributes
ACN	1602058
Time
Date	201812
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	ROA.Airport
State Reference	VA
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Commercial Fixed Wing
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Descent
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Pilot Not Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 230 Flight Crew Total 1251 Flight Crew Type 345
Events
Anomaly	Aircraft Equipment Problem Less Severe

Narrative:

Descending into roa on an extended left downwind for runway 24 in VMC; level at 5;200 feet; we received a GPWS [ground proximity warning system] warning 'terrain; pull up.' captain disengaged the autopilot increased power and began to climb. First officer notified ATC of warning and altitude deviation; ATC acknowledged and told us 5;200 feet was minimum vectoring altitude for the area. Returned to assigned altitude and continued on visual approach to [runway] 24 with no further incident.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: Air carrier First Officer reported receiving a GPWS while descending into ROA airport; ATC advised the altitude they were at was at the Minimum Vectoring Altitude.

Narrative: Descending into ROA on an extended left downwind for Runway 24 in VMC; level at 5;200 feet; we received a GPWS [Ground Proximity Warning System] warning 'Terrain; pull up.' Captain disengaged the autopilot increased power and began to climb. First Officer notified ATC of warning and altitude deviation; ATC acknowledged and told us 5;200 feet was minimum vectoring altitude for the area. Returned to assigned altitude and continued on visual approach to [Runway] 24 with no further incident.

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.

Air carrier first officer reported receiving a GPWS while descending into roa airport; ATC advised the altitude they were at was at the minimum vectoring altitude.