An air carrier executed a missed approach on the fwa runway 23 GPS approach and entered extreme turb...

Attributes
ACN	1129965
Time
Date	201311
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	FWA.Airport
State Reference	IN
Environment
Flight Conditions	IMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Medium Transport Low Wing 2 Turbojet Eng
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Final Approach
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	First Officer Pilot Not Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Events
Anomaly	Deviation - Altitude Excursion From Assigned Altitude Inflight Event / Encounter Weather / Turbulence

Narrative:

We performed a normal GPS approach to runway 23 into fwa. We continued to the missed approach point and went missed. Tower assigned us runway heading and 3;000 ft. Shortly after arriving at the assigned altitude the turbulence increased from moderate chop to extreme turbulence. I called windshear and quickly declared an emergency to tower. I informed tower that we were experiencing extreme turbulence and we are unable to maintain altitude. We then requested 5;000 ft when able and advised that a right turn toward west looked like our best option. Tower agreed that west to southwest would place us in better weather. We were then able to exit IMC and discuss our diversion alternatives.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: An Air Carrier executed a missed approach on the FWA Runway 23 GPS approach and entered extreme turbulence so an emergency was declared because altitude could not be maintained as the flight turned to exit the embedded cell.

Narrative: We performed a normal GPS Approach to Runway 23 into FWA. We continued to the missed approach point and went missed. Tower assigned us runway heading and 3;000 FT. Shortly after arriving at the assigned altitude the turbulence increased from moderate chop to extreme turbulence. I called windshear and quickly declared an emergency to Tower. I informed Tower that we were experiencing extreme turbulence and we are unable to maintain altitude. We then requested 5;000 FT when able and advised that a right turn toward west looked like our best option. Tower agreed that west to southwest would place us in better weather. We were then able to exit IMC and discuss our diversion alternatives.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2013 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.

An air carrier executed a missed approach on the fwa runway 23 GPS approach and entered extreme turbulence so an emergency was declared because altitude could not be maintained as the flight turned to exit the embedded cell.