# Incident 19970411016459I: Amd FALCON20C5, El Paso, TX, April 11, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 11, 1997, 17:55 local time
- Place: El Paso, TX
- Airport: El Paso International
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: HAEA
- Location: 31.8073° N, 106.3764° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at EL PASO INTL (ELP), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.8073&lon=-106.3764&mi=10
- Aircraft: N22TW (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: AMD FALCON20C5
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,800 total, 287 in this make and model, 59 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970411016459I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON APRIL 11, 1997, AT APPROXIMATELY 1755 MST, AMERISTAR FLIGHT 918, A FALCON DA-20, DEPARTED EL PASO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT IN EL PASO, TEXAS. THE LOCAL CONTROLLER IN EL PASO TOWER NOTICED FUEL SPILLING FROM THE RIGHT WING DURING CLIMB OUT. THE CREW WAS ADVISED OF THIS FACT AND THE AIRCRAFT RETURNED FOR LANDING ON RUNWAY 26L. A POST LANDING INSPECTION OF THE SINGLE POINT FUELING SYSTEM WAS CONDUCTED BY CONTRACT MAINTENANCE, BUT THE PROBLEM COULD NOT BE DUPLICATED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE WITH NO RECURRENCE OF THE PROBLEM. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ NO FURTHER ACTION. FILE CLOSED.

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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