B757 pilot reports a terrain warning during a night visual approach to runway 28 at bil.

Attributes
ACN	986055
Time
Date	201112
Local Time Of Day	1801-2400
Place
Locale Reference	BIL.Airport
State Reference	MT
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	B757-200
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Initial Approach
Route In Use	Visual Approach
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Pilot Flying
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 50 Flight Crew Total 8200 Flight Crew Type 3200
Events
Anomaly	Inflight Event / Encounter CFTT / CFIT
Miss Distance	Horizontal 500 Vertical 1000

Narrative:

While descending into billings; montana and in radio contact with billings approach control we were cleared for the visual to 28R localizer OTS. Throughout most of our descent center and approach both kept us quite high and I was continually trying to get back on path. We were on autopilot and planned to use VNAV/LNAV for additional guidance. After we leveled off at 5;200 ft I noticed our flight path indicating again that we were high. The football began dropping so I asked for a lower altitude to be placed into the FMC and began again to descend. Somewhere between 5;200 ft and 4;800 ft we briefly received the terrain caution. Evasive action was taken with no additional warnings.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: B757 pilot reports a terrain warning during a night visual approach to Runway 28 at BIL.

Narrative: While descending into Billings; Montana and in radio contact with Billings Approach Control we were cleared for the visual to 28R LOC OTS. Throughout most of our descent Center and Approach both kept us quite high and I was continually trying to get back on path. We were on autopilot and planned to use VNAV/LNAV for additional guidance. After we leveled off at 5;200 FT I noticed our flight path indicating again that we were high. The football began dropping so I asked for a lower altitude to be placed into the FMC and began again to descend. Somewhere between 5;200 FT and 4;800 FT we briefly received the terrain caution. Evasive action was taken with no additional warnings.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of April 2012 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.