# Incident 20080301832719I: Airbus A320211, Memphis, TN, March 1, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 1, 2008
- Place: Memphis, TN
- Airport: Memphis International
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: NWAA
- Location: 35.1495° N, 90.0490° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Memphis, TN, within about 10 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.1495&lon=-90.0490&mi=10
- Aircraft: N331NW, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N331NW-2025-04-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Airbus Industrie A320-211 (registry code 3930320, https://openairdocs.org/model/airbus-industrie-a320-211) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: CFM International CFM56 series (registry code 13802, https://openairdocs.org/engine/cfm-international-cfm56-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AIRBUS A320211
- People aboard: 151
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080301832719I

## Narrative

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

(-23) NWA FLIGHT #1749 DEPARTED KMSP ENROUTE TO MMCZ. SHORTLY AFTER LEVEL OFF THE FIRST OFFICER NOTICED A FUEL IMBALANCE GREATER THAN THAT ALLOWABLE. THE AMOUNT OF FUEL USED (TOTAL FUEL LOADED MINUS FUEL ONBOARD) AND THE FUEL BURN NUMBERS WERE CORRECT, HOWEVER IT APPEARED ALL OF THE FUEL, FOR BOTH ENGINES WAS BEING BURNED OUT OF THE RIGHT MAIN FUEL TANK. AFTER DISCUSSION WITH DISPATCH AND MTC, THE DECISION WAS MADE TO DIVERT TO KMEM. IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE FUELER IN KMSP HAD LEFT THE MODE SELECT SWITCH ON THE REFUELING CONTROL PANEL IN THE REFUEL POSITION AND THE REFUELING VALVE FOR THE LEFT WING IN THE OPEN POSITION. ALSO, A RELAY, REMOVED AFTER THE EVENT, WAS DETERMINED TO HAVE FAILED IN SUCH A MANNER THAT NO ELECTRICAL POWER WAS AVAILABLE TO CLOSE THE TWO OPEN FUELING VALVES WHEN THE LANDING GEAR SELECTOR WAS RAISED. THE FAILED RELAY PREVENTED THE FLOW OF POWER TO THE SHUT SECTION OF THE TWO VALVES INVOLVED. THUS THE FUEL BOOST PUMP PRESSURE MOVED THE FUEL FROM THE CENTER/RIGHT WING TANK TO THE LEFT WING TANK.

## Other reports on N331NW (2)

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

- [Incident 20100723038789I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100723038789I), Jul 23, 2010: Airbus Indu A320-211 (N331NW), Las Vegas, NV, Minor damage. On arrival at Las Vegas, the #3 main tire recap separated from the tire body. The right inboard flap leading edge was damaged, the honeycomb panel at the top…
- [Incident 20071022830949I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20071022830949I), Oct 22, 2007: Airbus A320211 (N331NW), Fargo, ND, Minor damage. (-23) At approximately 1907 CDT northwest flight 1432, a normal passenger flight from msp to FAR was landing on runway 18. The crew had received several fault…

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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