Gol B737 at Imperatriz and Sao Luiz on Feb 5th 2013, fuel emergency, landing below final fuel reserve

Last Update: March 30, 2013 / 16:45:19 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Feb 5, 2013

Classification
Incident

Airline
Gol Transportes Aereos

Flight number
G3-1742

Departure
Brasilia, Brazil

Destination
Imperatriz, Brazil

Aircraft Registration
PR-VBI

Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-700

ICAO Type Designator
B737

A Gol Linhas Aereas Boeing 737-700, registration PR-VBI performing flight G3-1742 from Brasilia,DF to Imperatriz,MA (Brazil) with 52 people on board, was on final approach to Imperatriz when the crew went around when the approach became unstable. The aircraft positioned for a second approach and was again on final approach when the crew went around a second time this time due to fog obscuring the runway environment. During climb out the crew declared emergency reporting being low on fuel and diverted to Sao Luiz,MA (Brazil) about 260nm northeast of Imperatriz. The aircraft landed safely at Sao Luiz at 23:40L (02:40Z Feb 6th) about 100 minutes past scheduled arrival in Imperatriz.

On Mar 30th 2013 the NTSB reported the occurrence stating, that the aircraft landed with 550kg/1210lbs of fuel remaining. Brazil's CENIPA have opened an investigation into the serious incident, the NTSB has appointed an accredited representative to the investigation.

Metars Imperatriz:
SBIZ 060225Z 00000KT 9999 FEW023 FEW027TCU BKN070 23/23 Q1011 R ETS
SBIZ 060200Z 23002KT 9999 TS FEW007 SCT023 FEW027CB BKN070 23/2 3 Q1011
SBIZ 060100Z 18005KT 9999 -TSRA FEW012 SCT023 FEW027CB BKN070 2 4/23 Q1012
SBIZ 060000Z 23003KT 9999 TS FEW014 SCT023 FEW027CB BKN070 27/2 5 Q1011
SBIZ 052300Z 25003KT 9999 SCT023 BKN030 27/25 Q1010
SBIZ 052200Z 00000KT 9999 FEW023 28/25 Q1009
SBIZ 052100Z 25002KT 9999 FEW023 SCT090 29/26 Q1008
SBIZ 052000Z 24004KT 9999 FEW020 BKN080 30/25 Q1007

Metars Sao Luiz:
SBSL 060400Z 04009KT 9999 SCT017 28/21 Q1009
SBSL 060300Z 05010KT 9999 FEW017 28/21 Q1010
SBSL 060200Z 05007KT 9999 FEW017 28/21 Q1011
SBSL 060000Z 05008KT 9999 SCT017 28/21 Q1010
SBSL 052200Z 06011KT 9999 SCT017 SCT100 29/21 Q1008
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Feb 5, 2013

Classification
Incident

Airline
Gol Transportes Aereos

Flight number
G3-1742

Departure
Brasilia, Brazil

Destination
Imperatriz, Brazil

Aircraft Registration
PR-VBI

Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-700

ICAO Type Designator
B737

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