# Incident 19990408021419I: Boeing 737522, Oklahoma City, OK, April 8, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 8, 1999, 18:02 local time
- Place: Oklahoma City, OK
- Airport: Will Rogers World
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: UALA
- Location: 35.4676° N, 97.5164° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Oklahoma City, OK, within about 14 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.4676&lon=-97.5164&mi=10
- Aircraft: N908UA (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 737522
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,000 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990408021419I

## Narrative

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

THE PILOT REPORTED HE NOTICED AN UNBALANCED FUEL CONDITION AT CRUISE ALTITUDE, BUT HE COULDN'T CORRECT THE CONDITION. HE THEN DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AFTER DETERMINING HE WAS LOSING FUEL FROM THE RIGHT WING.  HE LANDED AT WILL ROGERS WORLD AIRPORT.  THE EMERGENCY CREWS FOAMED THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE AIRCRAFT.  THE SLIDES WERE DEPLOYED ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE AIRCRAFT AND THE PASSENGERS WERE EVACUATED.  ONE FLIGHT ATTENDANT SUFFERED A MINOR INJURY DURING THE EVACUATION.  AN INSPECTION OF THE RIGHT ENGINE BY THE UNITED AIRLINES MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL REVEALED THE COVER ON THE MAIN FUEL FILTER HOUSING HAD SEPARATED FROM THE BASE OF THE HOUSING.

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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