Air carrier captain described minimum fuel event when ATC elected to declare emergency for the pilot...

Attributes
ACN	816317
Time
Date	200812
Place
Locale Reference	airport : zzz.airport
State Reference	US
Altitude	msl single value : 24000
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	A319
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	descent : approach
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 150 flight time total : 20000 flight time type : 3000
ASRS Report	816317
Events
Anomaly	other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : anomaly accepted
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Flight Crew Human Performance Airport Weather
Primary Problem	Ambiguous

Narrative:

ATC declared fuel emergency for me; after I declared minimum fuel and gave him our alternate airports for diversion. No other unusual occurrences; vectored for landing runway 27L ZZZ. Landed with 5;800 pounds of fuel.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: Air carrier captain described minimum fuel event when ATC elected to declare emergency for the pilot.

Narrative: ATC declared fuel emergency for me; after I declared minimum fuel and gave him our alternate airports for diversion. No other unusual occurrences; vectored for landing Runway 27L ZZZ. Landed with 5;800 LBS of fuel.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of May 2009 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.