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A B767-300 flight crew reported declaring a fuel emergency when their international overwater flight was delayed on arrival.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 853928 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200909 |
| Local Time Of Day | 0001-0600 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZZ.Airport |
| State Reference | FO |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | B767-300 and 300 ER |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Initial Approach |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Relief Pilot |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Flight Engineer |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 230 Flight Crew Total 10000 Flight Crew Type 3000 |
| Person 2 | |
| Function | First Officer Pilot Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Flight Instructor Flight Crew Flight Engineer Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 240 Flight Crew Total 11900 Flight Crew Type 5200 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Inflight Event / Encounter Fuel Issue |
Narrative:
One hour out from landing; center informed us of a delay and to expect holding due to an aircraft with 'undercarriage problems'. At this point we were already 2000 pounds down on fuel due to unforecast headwinds. When they switched us to control we were informed to expect a 20 minute delay in holding. We informed control that we could accept up to 28 minutes in the hold but any further delay would put us in a fuel critical situation. A few minutes later control changed the expected hold time to 'up to an hour and we cannot even give you a guarantee that it will not be longer than that'. They said they could not give us a firm time of when we could exit the hold. Our alternate was questionable due to very strong winds that might exceed our crosswind limitations and they were down to one runway. Plus we had two other aircraft holding in front of us. So we then elected to declare a fuel emergency as our options were starting to run out. We landed safely without incident.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A B767-300 flight crew reported declaring a fuel emergency when their international overwater flight was delayed on arrival.
Narrative: One hour out from landing; Center informed us of a delay and to expect holding due to an aircraft with 'Undercarriage problems'. At this point we were already 2000 LBS down on fuel due to unforecast headwinds. When they switched us to Control we were informed to expect a 20 minute delay in holding. We informed Control that we could accept up to 28 minutes in the hold but any further delay would put us in a Fuel Critical Situation. A few minutes later Control changed the expected hold time to 'Up to an hour and we cannot even give you a guarantee that it will not be longer than that'. They said they could not give us a firm time of when we could exit the hold. Our alternate was questionable due to very strong winds that might exceed our crosswind limitations and they were down to one runway. Plus we had two other aircraft holding in front of us. So we then elected to declare a Fuel Emergency as our options were starting to run out. We landed safely without incident.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of April 2012 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.