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A B737-300 declared minimum fuel after extensive holding in VFR WX at clt. The minimum fuel alert was not properly passed along to subsequent controllers.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 715792 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200611 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801 To 2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : clt.airport |
| State Reference | NC |
| Altitude | msl single value : 3000 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | Mixed |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tracon : clt.tracon tower : clt.tower |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | B737-300 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | descent : holding descent : approach |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 200 flight time total : 10000 flight time type : 3000 |
| ASRS Report | 715792 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Flight Crew Human Performance ATC Facility ATC Human Performance |
| Primary Problem | ATC Human Performance |
Narrative:
Due to clt area ATC problems; we held inbound to clt in perfect VFR WX. Holding led me to declare 'minimum fuel' prior to approach. No one in the ATC communication chain passed on our fuel declaration; leading to extremely poor ATC control which; if continued; would have seriously degraded our fuel situation.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A B737-300 DECLARED MINIMUM FUEL AFTER EXTENSIVE HOLDING IN VFR WX AT CLT. THE MINIMUM FUEL ALERT WAS NOT PROPERLY PASSED ALONG TO SUBSEQUENT CTLRS.
Narrative: DUE TO CLT AREA ATC PROBS; WE HELD INBOUND TO CLT IN PERFECT VFR WX. HOLDING LED ME TO DECLARE 'MINIMUM FUEL' PRIOR TO APCH. NO ONE IN THE ATC COM CHAIN PASSED ON OUR FUEL DECLARATION; LEADING TO EXTREMELY POOR ATC CTL WHICH; IF CONTINUED; WOULD HAVE SERIOUSLY DEGRADED OUR FUEL SITUATION.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of January 2009 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.