B727 flight crew declares minimum fuel landing at mia.

Attributes
ACN	436240
Time
Date	199904
Day	Sat
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : mia.airport
State Reference	FL
Altitude	msl single value : 3000
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tracon : mia.tracon
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	B727 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Navigation In Use	other vortac
Flight Phase	descent : approach
Route In Use	approach : visual arrival : on vectors
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : commercial pilot : multi engine pilot : instrument
ASRS Report	436240
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
ASRS Report	435212
Events
Anomaly	non adherence : clearance other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa other flight crewb other other : 3
Resolutory Action	controller : issued new clearance other
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Airspace Structure Airport ATC Human Performance Flight Crew Human Performance
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance

Narrative:

During vectors to mia, first officer flying, the captain asked for our sequence and let ATC know we could not accept a long final, as we were getting close to minimum fuel. We were on right base for runway 9R (360 degree heading). We flew through the localizer for runway 9R, and we were about to ask for a turn onto final when the controller asked if we copied the 060 degree heading to join the localizer. No one in the cockpit had heard the vector but we did hear several calls for similar flight. Controller then began to vector us for resequencing. When we informed him we were minimum fuel, we had the airport and runway 9L in sight and requested a visual, the controller approved the visual to runway 9L and we landed uneventfully.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: B727 FLC DECLARES MINIMUM FUEL LNDG AT MIA.

Narrative: DURING VECTORS TO MIA, FO FLYING, THE CAPT ASKED FOR OUR SEQUENCE AND LET ATC KNOW WE COULD NOT ACCEPT A LONG FINAL, AS WE WERE GETTING CLOSE TO MINIMUM FUEL. WE WERE ON R BASE FOR RWY 9R (360 DEG HDG). WE FLEW THROUGH THE LOC FOR RWY 9R, AND WE WERE ABOUT TO ASK FOR A TURN ONTO FINAL WHEN THE CTLR ASKED IF WE COPIED THE 060 DEG HDG TO JOIN THE LOC. NO ONE IN THE COCKPIT HAD HEARD THE VECTOR BUT WE DID HEAR SEVERAL CALLS FOR SIMILAR FLT. CTLR THEN BEGAN TO VECTOR US FOR RESEQUENCING. WHEN WE INFORMED HIM WE WERE MINIMUM FUEL, WE HAD THE ARPT AND RWY 9L IN SIGHT AND REQUESTED A VISUAL, THE CTLR APPROVED THE VISUAL TO RWY 9L AND WE LANDED UNEVENTFULLY.

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.