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A320 flight crew abandoned approach when they encountered severe turbulence. Diverted and declared fuel emergency due to low fuel state.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 816372 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200902 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.Airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | A320 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Initial Approach |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Captain Pilot Flying |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 270 Flight Crew Total 30000 Flight Crew Type 3500 |
| Person 2 | |
| Function | First Officer Pilot Not Flying |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 200 Flight Crew Total 6000 Flight Crew Type 1800 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Inflight Event / Encounter Loss Of Aircraft Control Inflight Event / Encounter Weather / Turbulence |
Narrative:
ZZZ1 reported moderate turbulence on ATIS below 5;000 ft. On final over final approach; an air carrier went around due to loss of 20 KTS. On descent we started encountering moderate turbulence at 8;000 ft. Slowly increase to severe at 5;000 ft. We initiated a go around experiencing severe turbulence on the climbout. Started approach with 5.2 and then decided to divert to ZZZ2. We declared emergency fuel climbing out of ZZZ1. We landed in ZZZZ with 3.0. ZZZ1 tower reported that the winds had been acting up for about 30-45 minutes. There were no indications on ATIS about the weather phenomenon.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A320 flight crew abandoned approach when they encountered severe turbulence. Diverted and declared fuel emergency due to low fuel state.
Narrative: ZZZ1 reported moderate turbulence on ATIS below 5;000 FT. On final over final approach; an air carrier went around due to loss of 20 KTS. On descent we started encountering moderate turbulence at 8;000 FT. Slowly increase to severe at 5;000 FT. We initiated a go around experiencing severe turbulence on the climbout. Started approach with 5.2 and then decided to divert to ZZZ2. We declared emergency fuel climbing out of ZZZ1. We landed in ZZZZ with 3.0. ZZZ1 Tower reported that the winds had been acting up for about 30-45 minutes. There were no indications on ATIS about the weather phenomenon.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of April 2012 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.