B737 flight crew observes thunderstorm activity ahead, declares emergency, and turns to miss WX.

Attributes
ACN	556168
Time
Date	200208
Day	Mon
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	intersection : cutta
State Reference	OH
Altitude	msl single value : 19000
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Weather Elements	Thunderstorm
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	artcc : zob.artcc
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	B737-300
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Navigation In Use	other
Flight Phase	cruise : level cruise : holding
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : atp pilot : multi engine pilot : instrument pilot : commercial
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 180 flight time total : 15300 flight time type : 4000
ASRS Report	556168
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Events
Anomaly	inflight encounter : weather inflight encounter other non adherence : clearance other spatial deviation
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	flight crew : took precautionary avoidance action flight crew : exited adverse environment flight crew : declared emergency
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Flight Crew Human Performance Weather ATC Human Performance
Primary Problem	Weather

Narrative:

ZOB issued hold at cutta intersection. Upon seeing thunderstorm at cutta, tried to call center about holding some place else. Center was too busy to talk to us. Before entering thunderstorm, 7700 on transponder, made turn to miss WX.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: B737 FLC OBSERVES TSTM ACTIVITY AHEAD, DECLARES EMER, AND TURNS TO MISS WX.

Narrative: ZOB ISSUED HOLD AT CUTTA INTXN. UPON SEEING TSTM AT CUTTA, TRIED TO CALL CTR ABOUT HOLDING SOME PLACE ELSE. CTR WAS TOO BUSY TO TALK TO US. BEFORE ENTERING TSTM, 7700 ON XPONDER, MADE TURN TO MISS WX.

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.