Captain of a B727 declared an emergency and diverted to another airport due to low fuel caused by the WX at both his destination and planned alternate airports.

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Attributes
ACN	506391
Time
Date	200103
Day	Thu
Local Time Of Day	1801 To 2400
Place
Locale Reference	airport : mia.airport
State Reference	FL
Altitude	msl single value : 3000
Environment
Flight Conditions	Mixed
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tracon : mia.tracon artcc : zhu.artcc
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	B727 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Navigation In Use	ils localizer & glide slope : 30
Flight Phase	descent : approach descent : holding
Route In Use	approach : instrument precision arrival star : ovall one
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : second officer
Qualification	pilot : atp pilot : flight engineer
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 120 flight time total : 17000 flight time type : 1500
ASRS Report	506391
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : multi engine pilot : instrument pilot : commercial pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 250 flight time total : 3000 flight time type : 210
ASRS Report	506937
Events
Anomaly	inflight encounter : weather other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	controller : provided flight assist flight crew : declared emergency flight crew : diverted to another airport
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Weather
Primary Problem	Weather

Narrative:

Air carrier flight (B727) on mar/xa/01 diverted to homestead. Captain had declared a fuel emergency. Flight ord-fll, approaching south florida on the mrlin 4 arrival, all flts were cleared over to the fortl 4 arrival due to WX. After extensive vectoring, flight crew was cleared via the dvall 1 arrival. We were to intercept the arrival at wever. Original alternates were rsw and mia, and then changed to mco and mia due to changing WX. We ended up on south side of the WX being vectored to fll with mia as the alternate. WX was moving to the north. Approaching fll on approach, WX and windshear were being reported. Made 1 approach to fll (runway 27R) and 2 to mia (runway 27R and runway 30). WX seemed to have turned around. Declared minimum fuel after fll approach. After second approach to mia declared fuel emergency. Asked ATC for diversion airport and was given homestead, which was VFR. Landed with no problem. Refueled, reclred and proceeded to fll.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: CAPT OF A B727 DECLARED AN EMER AND DIVERTED TO ANOTHER ARPT DUE TO LOW FUEL CAUSED BY THE WX AT BOTH HIS DEST AND PLANNED ALTERNATE ARPTS.

Narrative: ACR FLT (B727) ON MAR/XA/01 DIVERTED TO HOMESTEAD. CAPT HAD DECLARED A FUEL EMER. FLT ORD-FLL, APCHING SOUTH FLORIDA ON THE MRLIN 4 ARR, ALL FLTS WERE CLRED OVER TO THE FORTL 4 ARR DUE TO WX. AFTER EXTENSIVE VECTORING, FLC WAS CLRED VIA THE DVALL 1 ARR. WE WERE TO INTERCEPT THE ARR AT WEVER. ORIGINAL ALTERNATES WERE RSW AND MIA, AND THEN CHANGED TO MCO AND MIA DUE TO CHANGING WX. WE ENDED UP ON S SIDE OF THE WX BEING VECTORED TO FLL WITH MIA AS THE ALTERNATE. WX WAS MOVING TO THE N. APCHING FLL ON APCH, WX AND WINDSHEAR WERE BEING RPTED. MADE 1 APCH TO FLL (RWY 27R) AND 2 TO MIA (RWY 27R AND RWY 30). WX SEEMED TO HAVE TURNED AROUND. DECLARED MINIMUM FUEL AFTER FLL APCH. AFTER SECOND APCH TO MIA DECLARED FUEL EMER. ASKED ATC FOR DIVERSION ARPT AND WAS GIVEN HOMESTEAD, WHICH WAS VFR. LANDED WITH NO PROB. REFUELED, RECLRED AND PROCEEDED TO FLL.

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.