Air carrier captain reported initiating a greater than normal descent rate in order to intercept the...

Attributes
ACN	1645225
Time
Date	201905
Local Time Of Day	0601-1200
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Medium Transport
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Initial Approach
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Pilot Flying Captain
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Multiengine
Events
Anomaly	Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Inflight Event / Encounter CFTT / CFIT

Narrative:

Visual approach; backed up by RNAV/GPS; 24 into ZZZ. Night time VFR. Cleared for the visual approximately 20 miles away from the field. PF (pilot flying) proceeded direct to zzzzz; FAF (final approach fix) for the RNAV 24. No fpa (flight path angle) or PAPI (precision approach path indicator) present. Shortly after zzzzz PF arrested descent; to slow and configure the aircraft. When speed and configuration were appropriate; at approximately 2000 ft AGL a greater than normal descent rate was initiated in order to intercept the visual descent path for the runway. Shortly thereafter; an amber GPWS (ground proximity warning system) ground proximity message appeared; followed by GPWS pull up message. Due to the familiarity with the approach; and visual confirmation of terrain; PF elected to arrest descent; until warning canceled. A normal approach to landing was completed thereafter.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: Air Carrier Captain reported initiating a greater than normal descent rate in order to intercept the visual descent path and activating the GPWS warning.

Narrative: Visual approach; backed up by RNAV/GPS; 24 into ZZZ. Night time VFR. Cleared for the visual approximately 20 miles away from the field. PF (Pilot Flying) proceeded direct to ZZZZZ; FAF (Final Approach Fix) for the RNAV 24. No FPA (Flight Path Angle) or PAPI (Precision Approach Path Indicator) present. Shortly after ZZZZZ PF arrested descent; to slow and configure the aircraft. When speed and configuration were appropriate; at approximately 2000 ft AGL a greater than normal descent rate was initiated in order to intercept the visual descent path for the runway. Shortly thereafter; an amber GPWS (Ground Proximity Warning System) ground proximity message appeared; followed by GPWS pull up message. Due to the familiarity with the approach; and visual confirmation of terrain; PF elected to arrest descent; until warning canceled. A normal approach to landing was completed thereafter.

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 captain reported initiating a greater than normal descent rate in order to intercept the visual descent path and activating the GPWS warning.