A B757 crew executed a missed approach at their destination in an unexpected rain show. Forecast wea...

Attributes
ACN	864138
Time
Date	200912
Local Time Of Day	0601-1200
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Environment
Flight Conditions	IMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	B757-200
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Final Approach
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Captain Pilot Flying
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 200 Flight Crew Total 15000 Flight Crew Type 7000
Person 2
Function	First Officer Pilot Not Flying
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 240 Flight Crew Total 12000 Flight Crew Type 8000
Events
Anomaly	Inflight Event / Encounter Weather / Turbulence Inflight Event / Encounter Fuel Issue

Narrative:

Declared an emergency for low fuel after diverting to a nearby airport from our original destination; after missing the localizer approach. Flight was planned to land in VMC conditions with 8600 lbs of fuel. However; when we started the approach; a shower started which lowered the visibility to below minimums. I flew the missed approach and tried to determine if the weather would allow another attempt. I determined that it would be safer to go to our alternate than try to attempt another localizer approach. Enroute; I calculated that we would land with 30 minutes of fuel so I declared an emergency with ATC and got priority handling.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A B757 Crew executed a missed approach at their destination in an unexpected rain show. Forecast weather was VMC. Because of continued low visibility; the Crew declared a fuel emergency and proceeded to their alternate.

Narrative: Declared an emergency for low fuel after diverting to a nearby airport from our original destination; after missing the LOC Approach. Flight was planned to land in VMC conditions with 8600 lbs of fuel. However; when we started the approach; a shower started which lowered the visibility to below minimums. I flew the missed approach and tried to determine if the weather would allow another attempt. I determined that it would be safer to go to our alternate than try to attempt another LOC Approach. Enroute; I calculated that we would land with 30 minutes of fuel so I declared an emergency with ATC and got priority handling.

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.

A B757 crew executed a missed approach at their destination in an unexpected rain show. Forecast weather was VMC. Because of continued low visibility; the crew declared a fuel emergency and proceeded to their alternate.