Medium Transport; Low Wing; 2 Turbojet Eng
Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Situational Awareness
Inflight Event / Encounter CFTT / CFIT
Flight Crew Became Reoriented; Flight Crew Took Evasive Action
Human Factors
Going in to Asheville airport (AVL) we were cleared for the visual approach runway 35 on a perpendicular course to the south at 8;000 feet. We had to rush down to make the speed and configuration changes needed to get on the approach. We were using the ILS frequency as backup. We were intercepting the localizer from the south and were slightly below glideslope at UMUXE when we got a ground proximity warning from the aircraft. I (being pilot flying) immediately stopped the descent and leveled off as we had visual references to the ground. The warning went away and we continued the approach without incident.
A more thorough brief of the approach plate; even though it was only backup; could have prevented the GPWS. Also asking ATC for vectors to the final would have prevented the warning as well. The hill that set the warning off is small on the plate and easy to look over.
Air carrier flight crew reported receiving a GPWS terrain warning on a visual approach at dusk to AVL airport.