Air carrier X fuel emergency. Situation staffing problem. Lack of flow control.

Attributes
ACN	264551
Time
Date	199401
Day	Sat
Local Time Of Day	1801 To 2400
Place
Locale Reference	atc facility : n90
State Reference	NY
Environment
Flight Conditions	Mixed
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tracon : n90
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Commercial Fixed Wing
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	descent : approach other
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	government : faa
Function	other personnel other
Qualification	controller : radar
ASRS Report	264551
Person 2
Affiliation	government : faa
Function	controller : approach
Qualification	controller : radar
Events
Anomaly	non adherence : published procedure other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other controllera other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	controller : issued new clearance flight crew : declared emergency other
Consequence	faa : investigated
Supplementary
Primary Problem	ATC Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	other
Situations
ATC Facility	procedure or policy : unspecified

Narrative:

In sum: reporter states that on 2 different evening shifts staffing was inadequate and management would not call overtime. This led to position of operation being combined. Additionally the traffic management controller released aircraft knowing other aircraft were holding and declaring fuel emergency. Air carrier X declared fuel emergency and landed with 8 mins fuel.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: ACR X FUEL EMER. SIT STAFFING PROB. LACK OF FLOW CTL.

Narrative: IN SUM: RPTR STATES THAT ON 2 DIFFERENT EVENING SHIFTS STAFFING WAS INADEQUATE AND MGMNT WOULD NOT CALL OVERTIME. THIS LED TO POS OF OP BEING COMBINED. ADDITIONALLY THE TFC MGMNT CTLR RELEASED ACFT KNOWING OTHER ACFT WERE HOLDING AND DECLARING FUEL EMER. ACR X DECLARED FUEL EMER AND LANDED WITH 8 MINS FUEL.

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.