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Incident

FAA incident report · Boeing 757-251 · Newark, NJ · December 5, 1990

Date
December 5, 1990 · 21:40 local
Place
Newark, NJ
Airport
Newark International
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
NWAA
Aircraft
N518US
Reported as
Boeing 757251
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney PW2037
People aboard
7
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
7,856 total664 in this make and model241 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Left fuel tank warning. NR1 engine flamed out. Restarted using crossfeed from right tank. No fuel in left tank.

As the FAA filed it

LEFT FUEL TANK WARNING. NR1 ENGINE FLAMED OUT. RESTARTED USING CROSSFEED FROM RIGHT TANK. NO FUEL IN LEFT TANK.