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Captain of air carrier light transport failed to file an alternate airport and put on sufficient fuel for the forecasted WX resulting in a divert land en route.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 270089 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199404 |
| Day | Wed |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801 To 2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : stl |
| State Reference | MO |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | Mixed |
| Light | Dusk |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Brasilia EMB-120 All Series |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Navigation In Use | Other Other |
| Flight Phase | ground : preflight |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : instrument pilot : commercial pilot : cfi |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 260 flight time total : 5500 flight time type : 3100 |
| ASRS Report | 270089 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | inflight encounter : weather non adherence : far other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : unspecified other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | other |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation |
Narrative:
Captain is getting old, approaching the mandatory retirement for part 121, but not 135. He is getting slower as the months go by, and the first officer's are, by his oversights, having to take up more and more of his responsibilities. On this day, there was a lot of WX en route between st louis and birmingham, al. I reviewed the convective sigmets and terminal forecasts for the route of flight and saw we didn't, in my opinion, have enough fuel for all the WX we would have to fly around. I informed the captain that we would need more fuel, but he disagreed. We went anyway. As we were climbing out of st louis, I realized something wasn't right and again reviewed the WX, then noticed that we had no alternate airport listed. Later on in the flight, approximately 1 hour, I had to convince the captain to divert into memphis for fuel and since we at that point, didn't even have enough fuel to go anywhere else, we landed in a thunderstorm. After getting fuel we continued to our destination after the thunderstorm left the area.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: CAPT OF ACR LTT FAILED TO FILE AN ALTERNATE ARPT AND PUT ON SUFFICIENT FUEL FOR THE FORECASTED WX RESULTING IN A DIVERT LAND ENRTE.
Narrative: CAPT IS GETTING OLD, APCHING THE MANDATORY RETIREMENT FOR PART 121, BUT NOT 135. HE IS GETTING SLOWER AS THE MONTHS GO BY, AND THE FO'S ARE, BY HIS OVERSIGHTS, HAVING TO TAKE UP MORE AND MORE OF HIS RESPONSIBILITIES. ON THIS DAY, THERE WAS A LOT OF WX ENRTE BTWN ST LOUIS AND BIRMINGHAM, AL. I REVIEWED THE CONVECTIVE SIGMETS AND TERMINAL FORECASTS FOR THE RTE OF FLT AND SAW WE DIDN'T, IN MY OPINION, HAVE ENOUGH FUEL FOR ALL THE WX WE WOULD HAVE TO FLY AROUND. I INFORMED THE CAPT THAT WE WOULD NEED MORE FUEL, BUT HE DISAGREED. WE WENT ANYWAY. AS WE WERE CLBING OUT OF ST LOUIS, I REALIZED SOMETHING WASN'T RIGHT AND AGAIN REVIEWED THE WX, THEN NOTICED THAT WE HAD NO ALTERNATE ARPT LISTED. LATER ON IN THE FLT, APPROX 1 HR, I HAD TO CONVINCE THE CAPT TO DIVERT INTO MEMPHIS FOR FUEL AND SINCE WE AT THAT POINT, DIDN'T EVEN HAVE ENOUGH FUEL TO GO ANYWHERE ELSE, WE LANDED IN A TSTM. AFTER GETTING FUEL WE CONTINUED TO OUR DEST AFTER THE TSTM LEFT THE AREA.
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.