<< >> NASA ASRS Report 1320218, December 2015

Due to adverse winds on approach; flight executed a go around. Due to low fuel amounts then diverted to another airport.

Attributes
ACN	1320218
Time
Date	201512
Local Time Of Day	1801-2400
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.TRACON
State Reference	US
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	B737 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Final Approach
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Captain Pilot Not Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 200 Flight Crew Total 22000 Flight Crew Type 4500
Person 2
Function	Pilot Flying First Officer
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Events
Anomaly	Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Inflight Event / Encounter Unstabilized Approach Inflight Event / Encounter Weather / Turbulence

Narrative:

Flight had to hold a short period due to thunderstorms near the area. Released from holding after three other arrivals were issued stars. Got vectored for an ILS. On approach experienced a 50 knot tailwind which made the approach unstable so we went around.got ATC vector for a different runway where approach control had two other aircraft approaching. All three of us went around because of impending wind shear. Now getting near min fuel so we diverted to a nearby airport and got vectored for an ILS. Tower advised us of a headwind. We had a strong headwind on final until 200 feet AGL. I looked at my primary flight display and noticed a quartering tailwind at 16 knots. We landed uneventfully; but suspected we were approximately 2 to 4 knots over our tailwind limitation.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: Due to adverse winds on approach; flight executed a go around. Due to low fuel amounts then diverted to another airport.

Narrative: Flight had to hold a short period due to thunderstorms near the area. Released from holding after three other arrivals were issued STARS. Got vectored for an ILS. On approach experienced a 50 knot tailwind which made the approach unstable so we went around.Got ATC vector for a different runway where Approach Control had two other aircraft approaching. All three of us went around because of impending wind shear. Now getting near min fuel so we diverted to a nearby airport and got vectored for an ILS. Tower advised us of a headwind. We had a strong headwind on final until 200 feet AGL. I looked at my primary flight display and noticed a quartering tailwind at 16 knots. We landed uneventfully; but suspected we were approximately 2 to 4 knots over our tailwind limitation.

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.