# Incident 20150705012949I: Embraer-Empresa Brasileira De ERJ 170-200 LR, Seattle, WA, July 5, 2015

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 5, 2015, 14:10 local time
- Place: Seattle, WA
- Airport: Seattle Tacoma International
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: C77A
- Location: 47.4499° N, 122.3118° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SEATTLE-TACOMA INTL (SEA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.4499&lon=-122.3118&mi=10
- Aircraft: N622CZ (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: EMBRAER-EMPRESA BRASILEIRA DE ERJ 170-200 LR
- Reported engine: GE CF34-8E5
- People aboard: 59
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 3,050 total, 1,031 in this make and model, 157 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150705012949I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

ON JULY 5, 2015, COMPASS AIRLINES, LLC, OPERATED FLIGHT 5751 FROM THE DENVER, CO, INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (DEN) TO THE SEATTLE-TACOMA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (SEA).  THIS FLIGHT WAS WEIGHT CRITICAL AND HAD TO RETURN TO THE GATE IN DENVER DUE TO INITIALLY BEING OVER THE TAKEOFF WEIGHT.  IN ORDER TO ACCOMMODATE AS MUCH REVENUE AS POSSIBLE, THE DISPATCHER SUGGESTED THE USE OF A PROVISION WITHIN THE COMPANY'S CONTINGENCY FUEL POLICY TO SEND THE FLIGHT WITH 1,000 LBS LESS FUEL THAN WAS RECOMMENDED BY THIS POLICY.  ADDITIONALLY, AT THE GATE, PRIOR TO DEPARTURE, THE CAPTAIN WAS BRIEFED BY THE INITIAL DISPATCHER THAT THERE WAS NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER IN THE DENVER AREA.  HOWEVER, AFTER TAKEOFF THE CREW ENCOUNTERED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WHICH REQUIRED THEM TO DEVIATE 100 MILES PRIOR TO TURNING ON COURSE.  DESPITE ALL EFFORTS TO CONSERVE FUEL FROM THIS POINT ON, THE CREW HAD TO DECLARE MINIMUM FUEL AT A DISTANCE OF APPROXIMATELY 200 MILES FROM SEATTLE.  ONCE IN THE TERMINAL AREA, THE CREW WAS REQUIRED TO PERFORM A GO-AROUND, WHICH IN TURN, PROMPED THEM TO DELARE A FUEL EMERGENCY.

COUNSELING WILL BE ADMINISTERED TO THE INITIAL DISPATCHER BY AN FAA DISPATCH INSPECTOR.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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