Medium Transport; Low Wing; 2 Turbojet Eng
Situational Awareness; Confusion; Distraction; Time Pressure
Aircraft Equipment Problem Less Severe; Inflight Event / Encounter CFTT / CFIT
Flight Crew FLC complied w / Automation / Advisory; Flight Crew Requested ATC Assistance / Clarification; Flight Crew Took Evasive Action
Aircraft; Airport; Procedure
While on a visual approach into GNV my First Officer (FO); Pilot flying; started a decent to 2;100 feet at about 5-6nm away from the airport; on a left base to final turn and beginning to level at 2;100 feet the aircraft gave us a GPWS Caution message followed immediately by a red GPWS pull up warning. We were in VMC conditions and had the nearby tower in sight and were aware of its height of 1;049 feet as it was published on the approach plate for rwy 11. I immediately instructed my first officer to climb so as to extinguish the warning after which we then made a standard landing on Runway 11 in KGNV.After landing myself and my FO double checked the approach plate for Runway 11 and confirmed that the MEA/TAA for the area was 2;100 feet we also asked the Tower what the minimum vectoring altitude for the area is and they confirmed a 2;000 feet minimum vectoring altitude; and a crossing altitude of 1;700 feet both of which we were above when the event occurred.It is my belief that the reason for the GPWS warning was due to the closure rate during the decent and initial level off altitude of 2;100 feet which was still more then 1;000 feet above the obstacal in question; but close enough were it triggered the event.
While descending to 2;100 feet on a GVN Runway 11 visual; an air carrier GPWS alerted PULL UP. The aircraft remained above 2;100 feet; but the descent closure rate may have caused the alert.