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Flight crew of air carrier widebody transport aircraft diverted for fuel due to stronger than normal headwinds and higher than normal temperatures.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 231518 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199301 |
| Day | Tue |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | atc facility : spn |
| State Reference | FO |
| Altitude | msl bound lower : 35000 msl bound upper : 39000 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tower : cle |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Widebody, Low Wing, 3 Turbojet Eng |
| Navigation In Use | Other |
| Flight Phase | cruise other other |
| Route In Use | enroute : other oceanic enroute : pacific enroute airway : zoa |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : second officer |
| Qualification | pilot : cfi pilot : atp pilot : flight engineer |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 37 flight time total : 6000 flight time type : 37 |
| ASRS Report | 231518 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : flight engineer pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 200 flight time total : 12000 flight time type : 200 |
| ASRS Report | 231658 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical inflight encounter other other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : unspecified other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | other |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Weather |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
Narrative:
Headwind was 50-80 KTS greater than forecast. Temperature 20 degrees greater than cruise chart temperatures. A diversion into spn was necessary due to remaining fuel.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: FLC OF ACR WDB ACFT DIVERTED FOR FUEL DUE TO STRONGER THAN NORMAL HEADWINDS AND HIGHER THAN NORMAL TEMPS.
Narrative: HEADWIND WAS 50-80 KTS GREATER THAN FORECAST. TEMP 20 DEGS GREATER THAN CRUISE CHART TEMPS. A DIVERSION INTO SPN WAS NECESSARY DUE TO REMAINING FUEL.
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.