Dispatched to las with neither alternate nor contingency fuel; an airbus flight crew declared a fuel...

Attributes
ACN	997060
Time
Date	201203
Local Time Of Day	1801-2400
Place
Locale Reference	LAS.Airport
State Reference	NV
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Airbus Industrie Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Initial Approach
Route In Use	Vectors
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Captain Pilot Not Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Flight Engineer Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Multiengine
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 129 Flight Crew Total 13400 Flight Crew Type 7340
Person 2
Function	First Officer Pilot Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 210 Flight Crew Total 8000 Flight Crew Type 2000
Events
Anomaly	Inflight Event / Encounter Weather / Turbulence Inflight Event / Encounter Fuel Issue

Narrative:

Las forecast to be VFR with gusty winds. We departed with a normal fuel load; no alternate or contingency fuel. On arrival to las we began the ILS 25L approach. During the approach; tower announced a microburst alert; 30 KTS for runway 25L. We discontinued the approach. Tower asked if we would like an approach to runway 01 as they did not have any alerts for that runway. We agree and got a vector to runway 01. While proceeding to 01; tower announced a microburst alert of 30 KTS for runway 01. We requested holding to evaluate the situation. [We were] cleared to hold at bld as published. In holding; called dispatch and requested alternate information; given phx or ont for alternates. During the hold; tower informed us there were no alerts for 25L. Informed dispatch we were departing the hold for 25L and if we didn't get in; we were diverting to phx. Dispatch said he would ACARS time and burns if needed. On final to 25L tower announced another microburst alert; 30 KTS for 25L. We executed a missed approach. When handed off to departure we informed them of our intent to divert to phx and declared minimum fuel. Initially [we] received easterly vector to intercept a las departure to an arrival into phx. Declared an emergency and informed ATC we were direct phx. Proceeded direct phx to a five mile VFR final to runway 26. We landed with approximately 1;900 pounds of fuel remaining.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: Dispatched to LAS with neither alternate nor contingency fuel; an Airbus flight crew declared a fuel emergency and proceeded direct to PHX when microburst alerts at LAS precluded landing.

Narrative: LAS forecast to be VFR with gusty winds. We departed with a normal fuel load; no alternate or contingency fuel. On arrival to LAS we began the ILS 25L approach. During the approach; Tower announced a microburst alert; 30 KTS for Runway 25L. We discontinued the approach. Tower asked if we would like an approach to Runway 01 as they did not have any alerts for that runway. We agree and got a vector to Runway 01. While proceeding to 01; Tower announced a microburst alert of 30 KTS for Runway 01. We requested holding to evaluate the situation. [We were] cleared to hold at BLD as published. In holding; called Dispatch and requested alternate information; given PHX or ONT for alternates. During the hold; Tower informed us there were no alerts for 25L. Informed Dispatch we were departing the hold for 25L and if we didn't get in; we were diverting to PHX. Dispatch said he would ACARS time and burns if needed. On final to 25L Tower announced another microburst alert; 30 KTS for 25L. We executed a missed approach. When handed off to Departure we informed them of our intent to divert to PHX and declared minimum fuel. Initially [we] received easterly vector to intercept a LAS departure to an arrival into PHX. Declared an emergency and informed ATC we were direct PHX. Proceeded direct PHX to a five mile VFR final to Runway 26. We landed with approximately 1;900 LBS of fuel remaining.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2013 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.

Dispatched to las with neither alternate nor contingency fuel; an airbus flight crew declared a fuel emergency and proceeded direct to phx when microburst alerts at las precluded landing.