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B733 on diversion back to departure airport refused ATC request for reduced speed account fuel concerns.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 575810 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200303 |
| Day | Thu |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | atc facility : zny.artcc |
| State Reference | NY |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | artcc : zny.artcc |
| Make Model Name | B737-300 |
| 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 : commercial pilot : instrument pilot : flight engineer pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 30 flight time total : 10000 flight time type : 2700 |
| ASRS Report | 575810 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical non adherence : clearance non adherence other |
| Independent Detector | aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : fuel guages other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | controller : issued new clearance flight crew : diverted to another airport |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Aircraft Company Weather Flight Crew Human Performance Environmental Factor |
| Primary Problem | Weather |
Narrative:
After diverting from lga back to dca, ATC asked us to take a vector and slow for spacing. We told them that we were diverting to dca and took the vector, but told them we were unable to slow for fuel purposes. They asked us if we were declaring minimum fuel or a fuel emergency. We told ATC that we were not at this time. They cleared us on course and sent us to the next sector.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: B733 ON DIVERSION BACK TO DEP ARPT REFUSED ATC REQUEST FOR REDUCED SPD ACCOUNT FUEL CONCERNS.
Narrative: AFTER DIVERTING FROM LGA BACK TO DCA, ATC ASKED US TO TAKE A VECTOR AND SLOW FOR SPACING. WE TOLD THEM THAT WE WERE DIVERTING TO DCA AND TOOK THE VECTOR, BUT TOLD THEM WE WERE UNABLE TO SLOW FOR FUEL PURPOSES. THEY ASKED US IF WE WERE DECLARING MINIMUM FUEL OR A FUEL EMER. WE TOLD ATC THAT WE WERE NOT AT THIS TIME. THEY CLRED US ON COURSE AND SENT US TO THE NEXT SECTOR.
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.