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Faced with dwindling fuel reserves and rapidly accumulating ice; an A319 flight crew declared an emergency in order to get an expedited approach.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 934616 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201102 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801-2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.Airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | IMC |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | A319 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Final Approach |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Captain Pilot Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 350 Flight Crew Total 12000 Flight Crew Type 2000 |
| Person 2 | |
| Function | First Officer Pilot Not Flying |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 350 Flight Crew Total 12500 Flight Crew Type 4500 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Inflight Event / Encounter Fuel Issue Inflight Event / Encounter Weather / Turbulence |
Narrative:
[There was] moderate icing on the downwind. Approach was running 40 mile finals out over the lake. Icing continued to get worse and the ceiling was coming down to localizer minimums for runway xx. Icing continued to get worse and we were discussing declaring an emergency when ATC cleared us for the approach. On a ten mile final; the aircraft in front of us went around. We had 6.8K on the fuel and could not even see the wing anymore. Approach told us to go around and climb to eight thousand I said we are now an emergency we need to be on the ground as soon as possible on any runway. We landed on yyl with fair braking.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: Faced with dwindling fuel reserves and rapidly accumulating ice; an A319 flight crew declared an emergency in order to get an expedited approach.
Narrative: [There was] moderate icing on the downwind. Approach was running 40 mile finals out over the lake. Icing continued to get worse and the ceiling was coming down to localizer minimums for Runway XX. Icing continued to get worse and we were discussing declaring an emergency when ATC cleared us for the approach. On a ten mile final; the aircraft in front of us went around. We had 6.8K on the fuel and could not even see the wing anymore. Approach told us to go around and climb to eight thousand I said we are now an emergency we need to be on the ground ASAP on any runway. We landed on YYL with fair braking.
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.