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Erj-175 flight crew reported not declaring 'minimum fuel' during assigned go-around vectors for another approach due to congested landing traffic and high workload.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1503687 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201712 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801-2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | DCA.Tower |
| State Reference | DC |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | EMB ERJ 170/175 ER/LR |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Landing |
| Route In Use | Visual Approach |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Pilot Flying Captain |
| 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 Published Material / Policy Inflight Event / Encounter Fuel Issue |
Narrative:
After lengthy vectors; and slowing to speeds requiring flap extension we had to perform a go around while on approach with the river visual 19. Vectored back around for another river visual with same slow speeds at low altitude resulted in us hitting min-fuel numbers mid-approach. Due to the high workload we refrained from attempting to interject on a busy tower frequency to declare min fuel; as we were already well established on the approach. In retrospect; I should have just delegated to have the first officer declare min fuel in accordance with company policy.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: ERJ-175 flight crew reported not declaring 'Minimum Fuel' during assigned go-around vectors for another approach due to congested landing traffic and high workload.
Narrative: After lengthy vectors; and slowing to speeds requiring flap extension we had to perform a go around while on approach with the River Visual 19. Vectored back around for another river visual with same slow speeds at low altitude resulted in us hitting min-fuel numbers mid-approach. Due to the high workload we refrained from attempting to interject on a busy tower frequency to declare min fuel; as we were already well established on the approach. In retrospect; I should have just delegated to have the First Officer declare min fuel in accordance with Company Policy.
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.