Narrative:

Heading about 240 degrees; cleared to 3800 ft direct swatt for RNAV runway 27. About 2 NM ene of swatt; leveling off at 3800 ft; received 'terrain; terrain; pull up' egpws warning twice. 'Terr on nd pb' was already on; but no terrain was displayed. Disconnected autoplt; advanced thrust levers to toga and climbed to 5000 ft. Contacted approach control who stated that 3800 ft was MVA for my position. Came back around and although once again cleared to descend to 3800 ft about 2 NM ene of swatt; did not go below 4000 ft until swatt. Made an uneventful approach and landing to runway 27.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: AN A320 ON THE SAN RNAV 27 RECEIVED AN EGPWS TERRAIN WARNING NEAR SWATT INTXN AT 3;800 FT. THE ESCAPE MANEUVER WAS COMPLETED.

Narrative: HEADING ABOUT 240 DEGS; CLRED TO 3800 FT DIRECT SWATT FOR RNAV RWY 27. ABOUT 2 NM ENE OF SWATT; LEVELING OFF AT 3800 FT; RECEIVED 'TERRAIN; TERRAIN; PULL UP' EGPWS WARNING TWICE. 'TERR ON ND PB' WAS ALREADY ON; BUT NO TERRAIN WAS DISPLAYED. DISCONNECTED AUTOPLT; ADVANCED THRUST LEVERS TO TOGA AND CLBED TO 5000 FT. CONTACTED APCH CTL WHO STATED THAT 3800 FT WAS MVA FOR MY POS. CAME BACK AROUND AND ALTHOUGH ONCE AGAIN CLRED TO DSND TO 3800 FT ABOUT 2 NM ENE OF SWATT; DID NOT GO BELOW 4000 FT UNTIL SWATT. MADE AN UNEVENTFUL APCH AND LNDG TO RWY 27.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of January 2009 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.