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Air carrier medium large transport flight crew accepted a no alternate fuel release, then asked for priority handling due fuel remaining.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 164609 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199011 |
| Day | Sun |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : rsw |
| State Reference | FL |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Dusk |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Medium Large Transport, Low Wing, 2 Turbojet Eng |
| Navigation In Use | Other |
| Flight Phase | climbout : takeoff ground : preflight |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : commercial pilot : flight engineer pilot : instrument pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 230 flight time total : 14000 flight time type : 2500 |
| ASRS Report | 164609 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : anomaly accepted |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
Narrative:
Left rsw with required release fuel for flight from rsw to phl. Release called for no alternate. Approximately halfway during flight between chs and orf, center gave flight reroute and new STAR due to flow control restrictions. Further delay occurred with center giving delaying vectors. Advised them fuel was at a state which we could not accept any vectors, and requested direct routing. Received priority handling remainder of trip after stating to each frequency change fuel remaining not satisfactory for delays. Landed at phl destination airport and chocked in with required reserve. However, the point of no alternate on a release and for dispatch far's still should include a given amount of fuel to be added regardless of WX.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: ACR MLG FLT CREW ACCEPTED A NO ALTERNATE FUEL RELEASE, THEN ASKED FOR PRIORITY HANDLING DUE FUEL REMAINING.
Narrative: LEFT RSW WITH REQUIRED RELEASE FUEL FOR FLT FROM RSW TO PHL. RELEASE CALLED FOR NO ALTERNATE. APPROX HALFWAY DURING FLT BTWN CHS AND ORF, CENTER GAVE FLT REROUTE AND NEW STAR DUE TO FLOW CTL RESTRICTIONS. FURTHER DELAY OCCURRED WITH CENTER GIVING DELAYING VECTORS. ADVISED THEM FUEL WAS AT A STATE WHICH WE COULD NOT ACCEPT ANY VECTORS, AND REQUESTED DIRECT RTING. RECEIVED PRIORITY HANDLING REMAINDER OF TRIP AFTER STATING TO EACH FREQ CHANGE FUEL REMAINING NOT SATISFACTORY FOR DELAYS. LANDED AT PHL DEST ARPT AND CHOCKED IN WITH REQUIRED RESERVE. HOWEVER, THE POINT OF NO ALTERNATE ON A RELEASE AND FOR DISPATCH FAR'S STILL SHOULD INCLUDE A GIVEN AMOUNT OF FUEL TO BE ADDED REGARDLESS OF WX.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 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.