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B727 flight crew declared an emergency and diverted to land due to low fuel after extended ATC vectoring and several attempted approachs to their destination and alternate airports which became shut down due to WX.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 506238 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200103 |
| Day | Thu |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801 To 2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : hst.airport |
| State Reference | FL |
| Altitude | agl single value : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | Mixed |
| Weather Elements | Turbulence Thunderstorm Rain Windshear |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | artcc : zma.artcc artcc : zny.artcc |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | B727 Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | cruise : level |
| Route In Use | enroute : on vectors |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 200 flight time total : 20000 flight time type : 10000 |
| ASRS Report | 506238 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | inflight encounter : weather other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : fuel quantity guages other flight crewa other flight crewb |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : diverted to another airport flight crew : declared emergency |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | ATC Human Performance Weather |
| Primary Problem | Weather |
Narrative:
After extended ATC vectoring, WX shut down both my destination and alternate airports. I elected to declare an emergency (low fuel) and land at homestead AFB under VFR.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: B727 FLC DECLARED AN EMER AND DIVERTED TO LAND DUE TO LOW FUEL AFTER EXTENDED ATC VECTORING AND SEVERAL ATTEMPTED APCHS TO THEIR DEST AND ALTERNATE ARPTS WHICH BECAME SHUT DOWN DUE TO WX.
Narrative: AFTER EXTENDED ATC VECTORING, WX SHUT DOWN BOTH MY DEST AND ALTERNATE ARPTS. I ELECTED TO DECLARE AN EMER (LOW FUEL) AND LAND AT HOMESTEAD AFB UNDER VFR.
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.