Air carrier flight crew experiences a GPWS terrain warning at 4;500 ft east of mgw during vectors fo...

Narrative:

During our descent; I gave a PIREP about the tops being at 8;000 and picking up light rime ice. ATC issued us a clearance to 5;000. Upon reaching 5;000 we were still picking up light to moderate rime ice on the boots and prop spinner. We noted that we were approximately 15 miles from the field and requested lower to attempt to get below the icing level. ATC issued us a descent to 4;500; which we accepted. Upon reaching 4;500 MSL; we leveled off for about 15 seconds and then received a; 'terrain; terrain; pull-up' warning from the GPWS. The captain (pilot flying) turned off the autopilot and immediately began a climb. The warning went away within a few seconds and we leveled off at 5;200 ft. We immediately notified ATC and advised them that we received a GPWS pull up warning. ATC responded; 'well the MEA is 4;500 right there'. I responded that we were advising him that we received the warning and that we would be remaining at 5;000 until we were closer to the airport. They issued us a new clearance to remain at 5;000. The flight continued to mgw without any further incident. Upon landing in mgw; the captain called dispatch and notified them of the occurrence.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: Air Carrier flight crew experiences a GPWS terrain warning at 4;500 FT east of MGW during vectors for approach. The crew climbed and advised ATC who responded that the MVA in that area is 4;500 FT.

Narrative: During our descent; I gave a PIREP about the tops being at 8;000 and picking up Light Rime Ice. ATC issued us a clearance to 5;000. Upon reaching 5;000 we were still picking up Light to Moderate Rime Ice on the Boots and Prop Spinner. We noted that we were approximately 15 miles from the field and requested lower to attempt to get below the icing level. ATC issued us a descent to 4;500; which we accepted. Upon reaching 4;500 MSL; we leveled off for about 15 seconds and then received a; 'Terrain; Terrain; Pull-up' warning from the GPWS. The Captain (pilot flying) turned off the autopilot and immediately began a climb. The warning went away within a few seconds and we leveled off at 5;200 FT. We immediately notified ATC and advised them that we received a GPWS Pull Up Warning. ATC responded; 'Well the MEA is 4;500 right there'. I responded that we were advising him that we received the warning and that we would be remaining at 5;000 until we were closer to the airport. They issued us a new clearance to remain at 5;000. The flight continued to MGW without any further incident. Upon landing in MGW; the Captain called Dispatch and notified them of the occurrence.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2013 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.

Attributes
ACN	991119
Time
Date	201201
Local Time Of Day	1801-2400
Place
Locale Reference	MGW.Airport
State Reference	WV
Environment
Flight Conditions	IMC
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	SF 340B
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Descent
Component
Aircraft Component	GPWS
Person 1
Function	Pilot Not Flying First Officer
Qualification	Flight Crew Commercial
Person 2
Function	Pilot Flying Captain
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Events
Anomaly	Inflight Event / Encounter CFTT / CFIT Inflight Event / Encounter Weather / Turbulence

Air carrier flight crew experiences a GPWS terrain warning at 4;500 ft east of mgw during vectors for approach. The crew climbed and advised ATC who responded that the MVA in that area is 4;500 ft.