A319
Flight Crew Instrument; Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP); Flight Crew Multiengine
Flight Crew Last 90 Days 201; Flight Crew Total 23000; Flight Crew Type 2262
Situational Awareness
ATC Issue All Types; Inflight Event / Encounter CFTT / CFIT
Flight Crew FLC complied w / Automation / Advisory; Flight Crew Requested ATC Assistance / Clarification; Flight Crew Took Evasive Action
Procedure; Environment - Non Weather Related; Human Factors
Night VMC. We had been cleared to descend to 10;000 feet by TUS Approach. Just as we were leveling at 10;000 feet (had ALT*) we got a GPWS 'Terrain terrain; pull up'. I was hand flying at the moment with the auto thrust off. We were over terrain but could see the city in front of us but not good enough to see what was below us. I immediately executed the procedure pulling the nose up and going to go around thrust. Our airspeed was still high so the aircraft still had a lot of energy. The warning immediately stopped. I smoothly leveled at about 11;500 feet. We queried ATC. They said their minimum vectoring altitude for our area was 9900 feet. We were subsequently cleared to descend to 7000 feet as we were over the city by this time. There was no other traffic in the area.
At 14;000 feet over SSAND and 330KIAS. Approach gave us a vector of 270 and a descent to 10;000 feet for a landing on Runway 11L. While leveling at 10;000 feet we received a Terrain Warning directing us to pull up. FO (First Officer) accomplished the escape maneuver and I notified Approach. Approach responded that his floor for that area was 9;900 feet MSA according to the approach chart is 10;700 feet from the direction we were coming from.
A319 flight crew reported climbing in response to a GPWS terrain warning on a night visual approach.