# Incident 19981219043379I: Boeing 737400, Albuquerque, NM, December 19, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 19, 1998, 21:00 local time
- Place: Albuquerque, NM
- Airport: Albuquerque International Airport
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: USAA
- Location: 35.0416° N, 106.5560° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Albuquerque Airport (1928), closed, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.0416&lon=-106.5560&mi=10
- Aircraft: N417US, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N417US-2015-09-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 737-401 (registry code 138449B, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-737-401) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: CFM International CFM56 series (registry code 13802, https://openairdocs.org/engine/cfm-international-cfm56-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 737400
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19981219043379I

## Narrative

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

(-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.

- [Incident 20070122000619I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070122000619I), Jan 22, 2007: Boeing 737401 (N417US), Miami, FL, Minor damage. (-23) On January 22, 2007 us airways flight #1898, while on pushback at Miami International Airport struck a catering truck. The aircraft was struck at…
- [Incident 19940930037159I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940930037159I), Sep 30, 1994: Boeing 737401 (N417US), Kansas City, MO. Split trailing edge flap condition and lockup. Zero flap landing mci. Broke circuit breaker by crew seat back.

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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