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Flight crew reports declaring low fuel state. Lower than planned enroute altitude plus traffic vectors and runway change increased flight time an hour over planned time.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 158330 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199009 |
| Day | Mon |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | atc facility : teb airport : ewr |
| State Reference | NY |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | Mixed |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tracon : n90 |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Any Unknown or Unlisted Aircraft Manufacturer |
| Flight Phase | descent other |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 160 flight time total : 13000 flight time type : 2800 |
| ASRS Report | 158330 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : commercial pilot : flight engineer pilot : instrument pilot : cfi pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 240 flight time total : 16000 |
| ASRS Report | 158333 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : less severe other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : declared emergency none taken : anomaly accepted other |
| Consequence | Other |
Narrative:
Due to lower altitude than requested en route and numerous delay vectors then a runway change, flight flew 1 hour over planned and declared minimum fuel with foreseen 30 mins further delay before landing. Also aircraft had an inoperative fuel gauge, so fuel state was determined by calculations and fuel flows.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: FLT CREW REPORTS DECLARING LOW FUEL STATE. LOWER THAN PLANNED ENROUTE ALT PLUS TRAFFIC VECTORS AND RWY CHANGE INCREASED FLT TIME AN HOUR OVER PLANNED TIME.
Narrative: DUE TO LOWER ALT THAN REQUESTED ENRTE AND NUMEROUS DELAY VECTORS THEN A RWY CHANGE, FLT FLEW 1 HR OVER PLANNED AND DECLARED MINIMUM FUEL WITH FORESEEN 30 MINS FURTHER DELAY BEFORE LNDG. ALSO ACFT HAD AN INOP FUEL GAUGE, SO FUEL STATE WAS DETERMINED BY CALCULATIONS AND FUEL FLOWS.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 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.