Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Flight Crew Last 90 Days 200; Flight Crew Type 11000
Situational Awareness
Inflight Event / Encounter CFTT / CFIT
Flight Crew Took Evasive Action; Flight Crew Became Reoriented
Airspace Structure; Procedure
From the Arrival; we requested and were cleared the visual 19R with a right base a beam [a Tower]. The First Officer (FO) turned to a dogleg a little earlier than usual which brought us closer to the [Tower] than normal. We received an 'OBSTACLE; PULL UP' alert; which he immediately complied with by rolling wings level; pulling the nose up and adding power. The alert stopped quickly after that and we saw that we were still in a position to safely resume the approach. We landed with no further incident.On the right base to visual 19R; we should square the turn to final to maintain separation from the Tower. As the Pilot Monitoring; I should have noticed the situation developing and directed a correction. I don't see a need to change the procedure; we could have prevented the situation by complying fully with the existing procedure.
We were cleared for the 19R visual and briefed this event. I had not done this visual in a while; and did not maintain 3;500 FT long enough and did not fly a long enough final. When abeam the [Tower] I realized I was closer and lower than 'normal' and received; what I initially thought was a bank angle indication. I started to roll out as the Captain mentioned to follow the Guidance (GPWS). I started to push up the power and follow the commands. I was now in level flight and the GPWS guidance stopped. I was able to intercept the final and land uneventfully.I drew a 3.0 arc; but I did not stay outside of it nor did I stay at 3;500 FT long enough. I needed to be higher and wider around the [Tower]. We should have went around and landed on 26L.
B737-700 flight crew reported that they got an 'OBSTACLE; PULL UP' alert when they turned base early.