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EMB145 captain reports being issued holding instructions during approach and contacting dispatch with the news. Dispatch responds the minimum fuel required for diversion to the alternate and the captain notes they are already below that amount. The diversion is otherwise uneventful.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1194187 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201408 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801-2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.Airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | EMB ERJ 145 ER/LR |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Initial Approach |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Captain Pilot Not Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Inflight Event / Encounter Weather / Turbulence Inflight Event / Encounter Fuel Issue |
Narrative:
On approach; ATC had us turn off the approach and proceed to a fix for holding. While holding at 6;000 ft I notified the flight attendant; the passengers; and dispatch. Dispatch sent us a message with the fuel required to go to our alternate. After I read this and checked our fuel; we were already below our 'bingo' fuel. We immediately proceeded to our alternate airport and landed uneventfully. In route we burned extra fuel deviating for weather. Supply us with more fuel for weather deviations.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: EMB145 Captain reports being issued holding instructions during approach and contacting Dispatch with the news. Dispatch responds the minimum fuel required for diversion to the alternate and the Captain notes they are already below that amount. The diversion is otherwise uneventful.
Narrative: On approach; ATC had us turn off the approach and proceed to a fix for holding. While holding at 6;000 FT I notified the Flight Attendant; the passengers; and Dispatch. Dispatch sent us a message with the fuel required to go to our alternate. After I read this and checked our fuel; we were already below our 'Bingo' fuel. We immediately proceeded to our alternate airport and landed uneventfully. In route we burned extra fuel deviating for weather. Supply us with more fuel for weather deviations.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site 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.