# Incident 20010812020079I: Airbus A300B4605R, Bangor, ME, August 12, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 12, 2001, 10:00 local time
- Place: Bangor, ME
- Airport: Bangor International
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: AALA
- Location: 44.8074° N, 68.8281° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BANGOR INTL (BGR), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.8074&lon=-68.8281&mi=10
- Aircraft: N14068, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N14068-2011-10-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Airbus Industrie A300 B4-605R (registry code 3930308, https://openairdocs.org/model/airbus-industrie-a300-b4-605r) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: GE CF6-80 series (registry code 30025, https://openairdocs.org/engine/ge-cf6-80-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AIRBUS A300B4605R
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010812020079I

## Narrative

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

(-23) RECEIVED INCIDENT REPORT FROM NE OPERATIONS CENTER ABOUT AMERICAN AIRLINES AIRBUS (AALA) THAT DIVERTED TO BANGOR DUE TO TWO FUEL PUMP FAILURES. AIRCRAFT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT.  SPOKE WITH PAUL CAMPBELL FROM AALA TECH SUPPORT, AND HE SAID THE AIRCRAFT LOST BOTH FUEL PUMPS IN THE LEFT INNER TANK WHILE EN ROUTE TO JFK FROM HEATHROW.  CREW DIVERTED TO BGR.  WHILE DESCENDING, FUEL PUMPS CAME BACK ON AND OPERATED NORMALLY.  AFTER LANDING, MAINTENANCE SUMPED A LARGE AMOUNT OF WATER FROM THE FUEL TANKS.  APPARENTLY THEFUEL PUMPS FROZE UP AT ALTITUDE, AND WHEN THE AIRCRAFT DESCENDED, THE ICE MELTED AND THE FUEL PUMPS OPERATED NORMALLY.  AFTER MAINTENANCE SUMPED THE TANKS AND OPS CHECK, THE AIRCRAFT WAS RELEASED FOR SERVICE AND CONTINUED ON TO JFK.

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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