19981219043379I

Incident

FAA incident report · Boeing 737400 · Albuquerque, NM · December 19, 1998

Date
December 19, 1998 · 21:00 local
Place
Albuquerque, NM
Airport
Albuquerque International Airport
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
USAA
Aircraft
N417US
Reported as
Boeing 737400
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0

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.

(-5) U s air F165 diverted to abq due to fuel imbalance on aircraft. Cross feed valve/actuator failed causing imbalance. Fuel was redistributed on ground at abq. Flight was maintenance ferry to lax where crossfeed valve and actuator were replaced.

As the FAA filed it

(-5) U S AIR F165 DIVERTED TO ABQ DUE TO FUEL IMBALANCE ON AIRCRAFT. CROSS FEED VALVE/ACTUATOR FAILED CAUSING IMBALANCE. FUEL WAS REDISTRIBUTED ON GROUND AT ABQ. FLIGHT WAS MAINTENANCE FERRY TO LAX WHERE CROSSFEED VALVE AND ACTUATOR WERE REPLACED.

Other reports on N417US · 2

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.