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Incident

FAA incident report · Boeing 767332 · Omaha, NE · August 20, 2005

Date: August 20, 2005 · 18:43 local
Place: Omaha, NE
Airport: Eppley Airfield
Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator: DALA
Aircraft: N118DL
Reported as: Boeing 767332
People aboard: 260
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 11,500 total1,982 in this make and model250 in the last 90 days

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.

(-23) Dala 1562, a B-767-332, N118DL, enroute from sea to atl diverted to oma due to a loss of fuel from the left wing. After a loss of approximately 5000 lbs of fuel, the aircraft landed in oma. Contract maintenance personnel discovered a bolt missing from the fuel cross over line from the fuel pump to the fuel management unit (fmu) on the #1 engine. 4 bolts (p/n J644P094, washers and flange gasket) were replaced. System leak checked and aircraft departed for atl.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) DALA 1562, A B-767-332, N118DL, ENROUTE FROM SEA TO ATL DIVERTED TO OMA DUE TO A LOSS OF FUEL FROM THE LEFT WING. AFTER A LOSS OF APPROXIMATELY 5000 LBS OF FUEL, THE AIRCRAFT LANDED IN OMA. CONTRACT MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL DISCOVERED A BOLT MISSING FROM THE FUEL CROSS OVER LINE FROM THE FUEL PUMP TO THE FUEL MANAGEMENT UNIT (FMU) ON THE #1 ENGINE. 4 BOLTS (P/N J644P094, WASHERS AND FLANGE GASKET) WERE REPLACED. SYSTEM LEAK CHECKED AND AIRCRAFT DEPARTED FOR ATL.