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Crj-900 flight crew reported being dispatched without alternate fuel.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1341108 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201603 |
| 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 | Regional Jet 900 (CRJ900) |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Climb |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Captain Pilot Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Person 2 | |
| Function | Pilot Not Flying First Officer |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Deviation - Procedural FAR Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Inflight Event / Encounter Fuel Issue |
Narrative:
We did an originator out of ZZZ and had a maintenance delay while going back and forth with mx control; dispatch and gate agent trying to get off the gate in a timely manner. I signed the release and forgot to check my alt/msap fuel. We got airborne and during the climb I grabbed the release to calculate my minimum fuel and that is when I noticed that we had 0 fuel dispatched for alt/msap even though we had an alternate and the weather was overcast at 1200. I sent an ACARS to dispatch about the situation and asked for them to send me the alt/msap fuel to see if I could use my tanker fuel. The number came back at 1500lbs and added with reserve fuel we needed 3800lbs. We were showing landing about 500lbs short. We declared min fuel; climbed an additional 2000 ft; got short cuts and pulled back power but was only able to save 100lbs. After talking with dispatch about our options we [advised ATC] and diverted. Once we were cleared and our new fob went up we landed then re-dispatched with an alternate and plenty of fuel and continued to the original destination.dispatch failed to catch the 0 fuel in the alt/msap when an alt was filed; and the captain did not catch it before signing the release and taking off.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: CRJ-900 flight crew reported being dispatched without alternate fuel.
Narrative: We did an originator out of ZZZ and had a maintenance delay while going back and forth with MX control; dispatch and gate agent trying to get off the gate in a timely manner. I signed the release and forgot to check my alt/msap fuel. We got airborne and during the climb I grabbed the release to calculate my minimum fuel and that is when I noticed that we had 0 fuel dispatched for alt/msap even though we had an alternate and the weather was overcast at 1200. I sent an ACARS to dispatch about the situation and asked for them to send me the alt/msap fuel to see if I could use my tanker fuel. The number came back at 1500lbs and added with reserve fuel we needed 3800lbs. We were showing landing about 500lbs short. We declared min fuel; climbed an additional 2000 ft; got short cuts and pulled back power but was only able to save 100lbs. After talking with dispatch about our options we [advised ATC] and diverted. Once we were cleared and our new FOB went up we landed then re-dispatched with an alternate and plenty of fuel and continued to the original destination.Dispatch failed to catch the 0 fuel in the alt/msap when an alt was filed; and the captain did not catch it before signing the release and taking off.
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.