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Precautionary landing made in a diversion to alternate airport when en route WX dictates amended clearance route change.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 190286 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199109 |
| Day | Thu |
| Local Time Of Day | 0001 To 0600 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | atc facility : stl |
| State Reference | MO |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 14000 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | Mixed |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tower : stl tower : bru |
| Operator | common carrier : air taxi |
| Make Model Name | Small Transport |
| Flight Phase | cruise other descent : approach landing other |
| Route In Use | enroute airway : zkc |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air taxi |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp pilot : instrument pilot : commercial |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 200 flight time total : 5000 flight time type : 150 |
| ASRS Report | 190286 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air taxi |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : commercial pilot : instrument |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | inflight encounter : weather inflight encounter other other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : exited adverse environment other |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Weather |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
Narrative:
While in route from yxu, I encountered unexpected inclement WX conditions which included strong headwinds and moderate to severe icing conditions. Because this severely cut into my planned reserve fuel, good operating practices and far forced me to make an unscheduled fuel stop in stl. As soon as it became apparent that this action would be necessary, every effort was made to notify USA customs officials in order to give them as much advanced notice as possible.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: PRECAUTIONARY LNDG MADE IN A DIVERSION TO ALTERNATE ARPT WHEN ENRTE WX DICTATES AMENDED CLRNC RTE CHANGE.
Narrative: WHILE IN RTE FROM YXU, I ENCOUNTERED UNEXPECTED INCLEMENT WX CONDITIONS WHICH INCLUDED STRONG HEADWINDS AND MODERATE TO SEVERE ICING CONDITIONS. BECAUSE THIS SEVERELY CUT INTO MY PLANNED RESERVE FUEL, GOOD OPERATING PRACTICES AND FAR FORCED ME TO MAKE AN UNSCHEDULED FUEL STOP IN STL. AS SOON AS IT BECAME APPARENT THAT THIS ACTION WOULD BE NECESSARY, EVERY EFFORT WAS MADE TO NOTIFY USA CUSTOMS OFFICIALS IN ORDER TO GIVE THEM AS MUCH ADVANCED NOTICE AS POSSIBLE.
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.