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A B737-300 flight crew encountered rapidly developing thunderstorms near slc and diverted to gjt after declaring a fuel emergency.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 445741 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199908 |
| Day | Wed |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | atc facility : zlc.artcc |
| State Reference | UT |
| Altitude | msl single value : 12000 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | IMC |
| Weather Elements | Thunderstorm |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | artcc : zlc.artcc |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | B737-300 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Navigation In Use | other vortac |
| Flight Phase | cruise : enroute altitude change |
| Route In Use | enroute other |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp pilot : flight engineer |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 630 flight time total : 14200 flight time type : 7000 |
| ASRS Report | 445741 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : atp pilot : flight engineer |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 160 flight time total : 6000 flight time type : 1000 |
| ASRS Report | 445743 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | inflight encounter : weather |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa other flight crewb |
| Resolutory Action | controller : issued new clearance flight crew : diverted to alternate |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Weather |
| Primary Problem | Weather |
Narrative:
Air carrier flight was dispatched from phx to slc with no alternate fuel and only 45 mins (3500 pounds) of contingency fuel. Rapid developing thunderstorms with tornadoes in slc necessitated a diversion to gjt. The diversion was coordinated with our flight control. The fuel burn from the ffu VOR to gjt was 2700 pounds. Over ffu, we estimated that our landing fuel was going to be 3000 pounds +/-100 pounds. I informed ZLC that we would be emergency fuel upon arrival in gjt. The flight to gjt was uneventful and we landed with 3000 pounds of fuel.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A B737-300 FLC ENCOUNTERED RAPIDLY DEVELOPING TSTMS NEAR SLC AND DIVERTED TO GJT AFTER DECLARING A FUEL EMER.
Narrative: ACR FLT WAS DISPATCHED FROM PHX TO SLC WITH NO ALTERNATE FUEL AND ONLY 45 MINS (3500 LBS) OF CONTINGENCY FUEL. RAPID DEVELOPING TSTMS WITH TORNADOES IN SLC NECESSITATED A DIVERSION TO GJT. THE DIVERSION WAS COORDINATED WITH OUR FLT CTL. THE FUEL BURN FROM THE FFU VOR TO GJT WAS 2700 LBS. OVER FFU, WE ESTIMATED THAT OUR LNDG FUEL WAS GOING TO BE 3000 LBS +/-100 LBS. I INFORMED ZLC THAT WE WOULD BE EMER FUEL UPON ARR IN GJT. THE FLT TO GJT WAS UNEVENTFUL AND WE LANDED WITH 3000 LBS OF 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.