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Medium large transport required to hold 30 mins due WX further ahead en route. Plans rerte to circumnav WX but later determined that they will land with less than min fuel. Divert to refuel.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 217690 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199208 |
| Day | Fri |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | atc facility : gck |
| State Reference | KS |
| Altitude | msl bound lower : 33000 msl bound upper : 33000 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | IMC |
| Light | Dawn |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | artcc : zkc |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Medium Large Transport, Low Wing, 2 Turbojet Eng |
| Navigation In Use | Other Other |
| Flight Phase | cruise other |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 200 flight time total : 11000 flight time type : 500 |
| ASRS Report | 217690 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | inflight encounter : weather other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | other |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Weather |
| Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation other |
Narrative:
Flight from lax-pit. Held over den with other commercial traffic for 30 mins due to a wide band of thunderstorms 250 mi east. ATC was saturated (ZKC) and not accepting any eastbound traffic from ZDV. After 30 mins of holding, we decided a rerte well south of optimum track which increased our en route mileage and reduced our tailwinds. We declared min fuel and when it became apparent that we would land in pit with less than min fuel, we elected to divert to cmh.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: MLG REQUIRED TO HOLD 30 MINS DUE WX FURTHER AHEAD ENRTE. PLANS RERTE TO CIRCUMNAV WX BUT LATER DETERMINED THAT THEY WILL LAND WITH LESS THAN MIN FUEL. DIVERT TO REFUEL.
Narrative: FLT FROM LAX-PIT. HELD OVER DEN WITH OTHER COMMERCIAL TFC FOR 30 MINS DUE TO A WIDE BAND OF TSTMS 250 MI E. ATC WAS SATURATED (ZKC) AND NOT ACCEPTING ANY EBOUND TFC FROM ZDV. AFTER 30 MINS OF HOLDING, WE DECIDED A RERTE WELL S OF OPTIMUM TRACK WHICH INCREASED OUR ENRTE MILEAGE AND REDUCED OUR TAILWINDS. WE DECLARED MIN FUEL AND WHEN IT BECAME APPARENT THAT WE WOULD LAND IN PIT WITH LESS THAN MIN FUEL, WE ELECTED TO DIVERT TO CMH.
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.