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Air carrier flight diversion to alternate airport account low fuel state, fuel remaining insufficient for destination airport.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 244753 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199306 |
| Day | Fri |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | atc facility : las |
| State Reference | NV |
| Altitude | msl bound lower : 31000 msl bound upper : 31000 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | artcc : zla |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Medium Large Transport, Low Wing, 2 Turbojet Eng |
| Flight Phase | cruise other landing other other |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 200 flight time total : 10800 flight time type : 6000 |
| ASRS Report | 244753 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : less severe inflight encounter : weather other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | other |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Weather |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
Narrative:
En route from iah to sfo rerted from iah south for about 30 mins because of thunderstorms west of iah. More diversions for WX en route. Landed in las for additional fuel. Landed with plenty of fuel in las. Would have been low fuel in sfo. Diversions plus low altitude initially contributed.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: ACR FLT DIVERSION TO ALTERNATE ARPT ACCOUNT LOW FUEL STATE, FUEL REMAINING INSUFFICIENT FOR DEST ARPT.
Narrative: ENRTE FROM IAH TO SFO RERTED FROM IAH S FOR ABOUT 30 MINS BECAUSE OF TSTMS W OF IAH. MORE DIVERSIONS FOR WX ENRTE. LANDED IN LAS FOR ADDITIONAL FUEL. LANDED WITH PLENTY OF FUEL IN LAS. WOULD HAVE BEEN LOW FUEL IN SFO. DIVERSIONS PLUS LOW ALT INITIALLY CONTRIBUTED.
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.