AN ACR B727 FREIGHTER LANDED BELOW MINIMUMS BECAUSE THE FUEL REQUIRED WAS NOT ABOARD.
Synopsis
AN ACR B727 FREIGHTER LANDED BELOW MINIMUMS BECAUSE THE FUEL REQUIRED WAS NOT ABOARD.
Narrative
DEST AND ALTERNATE WX WERE FORECAST TO BE GOOD. ON ARR AT OAK; AN APCH WAS INITIATED TO RWY 29. PRIOR TO THE FINAL APCH SEGMENT; THE WX DETERIORATED BELOW CAT II MINIMUMS AND A MISSED APCH WAS ACCOMPLISHED. WE HAD APPROX 20 MINS OF EXTRA FUEL AND ENTERED A HOLDING PATTERN AT OAK. WX WAS CHKED AT OUR ALTERNATE AND OTHER POSSIBLE DIVERSION ARPTS. SFO ATIS CONTINUED TO RPT 2 1/2 AND 500 FT CEILING. WHEN FUEL REACHED ALTERNATE PLUS RESERVE; WE DEPARTED HOLD FOR AN APCH TO SFO RWY 28L (RWY 28R -- THE CAT II AND CAT III RWY WAS CLOSED). THE WX BEGAN TO DETERIORATE AND; BEFORE WE REACHED THE FINAL APCH SEGMENT; DROPPED BELOW LNDG MINIMUMS. (2400 FT RVR FOR RWY 28L.) A MISSED APCH WAS ACCOMPLISHED. DURING VECTORING; WX WAS CHKED CONTINUALLY AND IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE ONLY ABOVE MINIMUM ARPTS WERE FRESNO AND RENO. BOTH WOULD INVOLVE LNDG WITH LESS THAN 2000 LBS. I DEEMED IT SAFER TO INITIATE A SECOND APCH AT SFO (NOW 1600 FT RVR). AN UNEVENTFUL APCH AND LNDG WERE MADE AT SFO TO RWY 28L. I BELIEVE THE PROB WAS DUE TO SCHEDULING ALTERNATE ARPTS THAT ARE SUBJECT TO THE SAME WX PATTERNS; IE; FOG AS THE DEST.
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