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Flight crew of a FK10 climbed in response to a GPWS warning. Believe that a hill or something must have caused the warning. The routing and altitude given by ATC was the normal routing used.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 352944 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199611 |
| Day | Fri |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : ith |
| State Reference | NY |
| Altitude | msl bound lower : 3500 msl bound upper : 5000 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | IMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tracon : elm tower : pit |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Fokker 100 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Navigation In Use | Other Other |
| Flight Phase | cruise other |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 350 flight time total : 9500 |
| ASRS Report | 352944 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | government : faa |
| Function | controller : approach |
| Qualification | controller : radar |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | other anomaly other other spatial deviation |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : returned to intended course or assigned course flight crew : took evasive action |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
Narrative:
Level at 3300 ft MSL, 250 KTS, in clouds IMC. GPWS 'terrain' warning came on. Climbed to approximately 5000 ft plus to VMC. Notified approach. Vectored and re-descended to approach into ithaca. I assume there was a hill or rising terrain below our flight path, but I was IMC.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: FLC OF A FK10 CLBED IN RESPONSE TO A GPWS WARNING. BELIEVE THAT A HILL OR SOMETHING MUST HAVE CAUSED THE WARNING. THE ROUTING AND ALT GIVEN BY ATC WAS THE NORMAL ROUTING USED.
Narrative: LEVEL AT 3300 FT MSL, 250 KTS, IN CLOUDS IMC. GPWS 'TERRAIN' WARNING CAME ON. CLBED TO APPROX 5000 FT PLUS TO VMC. NOTIFIED APCH. VECTORED AND RE-DSNDED TO APCH INTO ITHACA. I ASSUME THERE WAS A HILL OR RISING TERRAIN BELOW OUR FLT PATH, BUT I WAS IMC.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 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.