Air carrier DC9 flight crew encounter WX at destination, enter airborne holding. Flight crew was unable to contact dispatch for amended flight release, however, aircraft diverts to alternate. Flight crew was unable to fly ATC rerte due to low fuel status.

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Attributes
ACN	406190
Time
Date	199806
Day	Sat
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	atc facility : eau
State Reference	WI
Altitude	msl bound lower : 18000 msl bound upper : 18000
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	artcc : zmp
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	DC-9 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	cruise other other other
Route In Use	arrival other arrival star : star
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp pilot : flight engineer pilot : cfi
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 180 flight time total : 10000 flight time type : 2000
ASRS Report	406190
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : commercial pilot : instrument
Events
Anomaly	inflight encounter : weather other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	flight crew : exited adverse environment
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Weather
Air Traffic Incident	other

Narrative:

Flight from clt to msp. Thunderstorms at msp. Not able to contact our dispatch for amended release and went to grb for refuel. Could not fly the ATC rerte or hold long due to fuel.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: ACR DC9 FLC ENCOUNTER WX AT DEST, ENTER AIRBORNE HOLDING. FLC WAS UNABLE TO CONTACT DISPATCH FOR AMENDED FLT RELEASE, HOWEVER, ACFT DIVERTS TO ALTERNATE. FLC WAS UNABLE TO FLY ATC RERTE DUE TO LOW FUEL STATUS.

Narrative: FLT FROM CLT TO MSP. TSTMS AT MSP. NOT ABLE TO CONTACT OUR DISPATCH FOR AMENDED RELEASE AND WENT TO GRB FOR REFUEL. COULD NOT FLY THE ATC RERTE OR HOLD LONG DUE TO 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.