An air carrier captain executed a go-around on the sfo localizer DME 28L at minimums (460 ft) and be...

Attributes
ACN	1109253
Time
Date	201308
Local Time Of Day	0601-1200
Place
Locale Reference	SFO.Airport
State Reference	CA
Environment
Flight Conditions	IMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Large Transport Low Wing 2 Turbojet Eng
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Final Approach
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Captain Pilot Not Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Events
Anomaly	Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Inflight Event / Encounter Fuel Issue Inflight Event / Encounter Weather / Turbulence

Narrative:

[We had a] go-around and diversion due to sfo ceiling at 400 ft AGL. Only approach available was localizer DME 28L; MDA of 460 ft. On approach at [our diversion airport] we were showing an efob at [our diversion airport] of 4.2. I declared a low fuel advisory because an unnecessary go-around would put us back in [our diversion airport] with about 3.0 fob.the event occurred due to the continued inadequate facilities provided by the san francisco airport.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: An Air Carrier Captain executed a go-around on the SFO LOC DME 28L at minimums (460 FT) and because no other approach was available the flight diverted to a nearby airport.

Narrative: [We had a] go-around and diversion due to SFO ceiling at 400 FT AGL. Only approach available was LOC DME 28L; MDA of 460 FT. On approach at [our diversion airport] we were showing an EFOB at [our diversion airport] of 4.2. I declared a low fuel advisory because an unnecessary go-around would put us back in [our diversion airport] with about 3.0 FOB.The event occurred due to the continued inadequate facilities provided by the San Francisco Airport.

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.

An air carrier captain executed a go-around on the sfo localizer DME 28L at minimums (460 ft) and because no other approach was available the flight diverted to a nearby airport.