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Pilot declares fuel emergency with ATC. ATC does not inform next controller of emergency status; pilot advises ATC again.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1236844 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201501 |
| Local Time Of Day | 0001-0600 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.TRACON |
| State Reference | US |
| Environment | |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Medium Transport Low Wing 2 Turbojet Eng |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | Descent |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Pilot Not Flying First Officer |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Commercial |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | ATC Issue All Types Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Inflight Event / Encounter Fuel Issue |
Narrative:
The captain and I became concerned about the fuel and declared an emergency. We landed safely in airport ZZZ. During the visual approach the approach control didn't realize we declared an emergency with previous controller. We cleared the confusion and landed with no further incident.the dispatcher made a revision to the release with addition fuel and the crew was not informed. The first controller didn't relay the emergency to the approach controller.on ferry flights; if the dispatcher changes the release [it needs] to inform the crew of changes. Better communication between controllers.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: Pilot declares fuel emergency with ATC. ATC does not inform next controller of emergency status; pilot advises ATC again.
Narrative: The Captain and I became concerned about the fuel and declared an emergency. We landed safely in Airport ZZZ. During the visual approach the approach control didn't realize we declared an emergency with previous controller. We cleared the confusion and landed with no further incident.The dispatcher made a revision to the release with addition fuel and the crew was not informed. The first controller didn't relay the emergency to the approach controller.On ferry flights; if the dispatcher changes the release [it needs] to inform the crew of changes. Better communication between controllers.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site 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.