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Due to adverse winds on approach; flight executed a go around. Due to low fuel amounts then diverted to another airport.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1320218 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201512 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801-2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.TRACON |
| State Reference | US |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | B737 Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| 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) |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 200 Flight Crew Total 22000 Flight Crew Type 4500 |
| Person 2 | |
| Function | Pilot Flying First Officer |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Inflight Event / Encounter Unstabilized Approach Inflight Event / Encounter Weather / Turbulence |
Narrative:
Flight had to hold a short period due to thunderstorms near the area. Released from holding after three other arrivals were issued stars. Got vectored for an ILS. On approach experienced a 50 knot tailwind which made the approach unstable so we went around.got ATC vector for a different runway where approach control had two other aircraft approaching. All three of us went around because of impending wind shear. Now getting near min fuel so we diverted to a nearby airport and got vectored for an ILS. Tower advised us of a headwind. We had a strong headwind on final until 200 feet AGL. I looked at my primary flight display and noticed a quartering tailwind at 16 knots. We landed uneventfully; but suspected we were approximately 2 to 4 knots over our tailwind limitation.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: Due to adverse winds on approach; flight executed a go around. Due to low fuel amounts then diverted to another airport.
Narrative: Flight had to hold a short period due to thunderstorms near the area. Released from holding after three other arrivals were issued STARS. Got vectored for an ILS. On approach experienced a 50 knot tailwind which made the approach unstable so we went around.Got ATC vector for a different runway where Approach Control had two other aircraft approaching. All three of us went around because of impending wind shear. Now getting near min fuel so we diverted to a nearby airport and got vectored for an ILS. Tower advised us of a headwind. We had a strong headwind on final until 200 feet AGL. I looked at my primary flight display and noticed a quartering tailwind at 16 knots. We landed uneventfully; but suspected we were approximately 2 to 4 knots over our tailwind limitation.
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.