A dispatcher reported that an erj-190 was dispatched with fuel planned at FL250 when the flight actu...

Narrative:

Reserve fuel planned at FL250 when flight will operate at FL210. Planned reserve does not comply with far 121.639. Far 121.639 required fuel supply: all domestic operations. No person may dispatch or takeoff an airplane unless it has enough fuel (a) to fly to the airport to which it is dispatched; (b) thereafter; to fly to and land at the most distant alternate airport (where required) for the airport to which dispatched; and (c) thereafter; to fly for 45 minutes at normal cruising fuel consumption or; for certificate holders who are authorized to conduct day VFR operations in their operations specifications and who are operating non transport category airplanes type certificated after december 31; 1964; to fly for 30 minutes at normal cruising fuel consumption for day VFR operations. Reserve fuel planned at FL250 when flight will operate at FL210. Planned reserve does not comply with far 121.639 and 121.639.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A Dispatcher reported that an ERJ-190 was dispatched with fuel planned at FL250 when the flight actually flew at FL210 and therefore did not meet FAR 121.639.

Narrative: Reserve fuel planned at FL250 when flight will operate at FL210. Planned reserve does not comply with FAR 121.639. FAR 121.639 required fuel supply: All domestic operations. No person may Dispatch or takeoff an airplane unless it has enough fuel (a) To fly to the airport to which it is dispatched; (b) Thereafter; to fly to and land at the most distant alternate airport (where required) for the airport to which dispatched; and (c) Thereafter; to fly for 45 minutes at normal cruising fuel consumption or; for certificate holders who are authorized to conduct day VFR operations in their operations specifications and who are operating non transport category airplanes type certificated after December 31; 1964; to fly for 30 minutes at normal cruising fuel consumption for day VFR operations. Reserve fuel planned at FL250 when flight will operate at FL210. Planned reserve does not comply with FAR 121.639 and 121.639.

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	1083638
Time
Date	201304
Local Time Of Day	0601-1200
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Environment
Light	Dawn
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	EMB ERJ 190/195 ER/LR
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Parked
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Dispatcher
Qualification	Dispatch Dispatcher
Events
Anomaly	Deviation - Procedural FAR Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Inflight Event / Encounter Fuel Issue

A dispatcher reported that an erj-190 was dispatched with fuel planned at FL250 when the flight actually flew at FL210 and therefore did not meet far 121.639.