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.
Narrative: flight 46B enroute stl-lga diverted to ind due to fuel imbalance. An emergency was declared due to the rt. Main fuel quantity was decreasing but not the left. Upon arrival ind the lt. main tank indicated 4000# more than the rt. No fuel was being drawn from the lt. tank. The defuel panel was open and the defuel valve was in the defuel position. The refuel panel was down but not latched. The a/c was dispatched from stl with the defuel valve in the defuel position. And the access door open. The fueling panel door was down but not latched. Twa maintenance personnel failed to configure the defuel valve properly for flight. Ground personnel failed to inspect the a/c properly prior to dispatch. privacy data omitted
As the FAA filed it
NARRATIVE: FLIGHT 46B ENROUTE STL-LGA DIVERTED TO IND DUE TO FUEL IMBALANCE. AN EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED DUE TO THE RT. MAIN FUEL QUANTITY WAS DECREASING BUT NOT THE LEFT. UPON ARRIVAL IND THE LT. MAIN TANK INDICATED 4000# MORE THAN THE RT. NO FUEL WAS BEING DRAWN FROM THE LT. TANK. THE DEFUEL PANEL WAS OPEN AND THE DEFUEL VALVE WAS IN THE DEFUEL POSITION. THE REFUEL PANEL WAS DOWN BUT NOT LATCHED. THE A/C WAS DISPATCHED FROM STL WITH THE DEFUEL VALVE IN THE DEFUEL POSITION. AND THE ACCESS DOOR OPEN. THE FUELING PANEL DOOR WAS DOWN BUT NOT LATCHED. TWA MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL FAILED TO CONFIGURE THE DEFUEL VALVE PROPERLY FOR FLIGHT. GROUND PERSONNEL FAILED TO INSPECT THE A/C PROPERLY PRIOR TO DISPATCH. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^
Other reports on N906TW · 5
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.