A320 crew had a suspected fuel leak in ZAB class a.

Attributes
ACN	524710
Time
Date	200109
Day	Sun
Local Time Of Day	1801 To 2400
Place
Locale Reference	atc facility : zla.artcc
State Reference	CA
Altitude	msl single value : 33000
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	artcc : zla.artcc
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	A320
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Navigation In Use	other
Flight Phase	cruise : level
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 220 flight time total : 9200 flight time type : 35
ASRS Report	524710
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : critical other anomaly other
Independent Detector	aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : ecam other flight crewa other flight crewb
Resolutory Action	controller : issued new clearance controller : provided flight assist flight crew : declared emergency flight crew : landed in emergency condition flight crew : diverted to another airport none taken : detected after the fact other
Consequence	other other
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Aircraft
Primary Problem	Aircraft

Narrative:

Leveled off out of lax and received an automatic fuel feed fault on ECAM, switched to manual and noticed that left tank had burned out excessively during climb, switch to cross feed for balancing and turned off left boost pumps, fuel continued to decrease from left tank, suspected a fuel leak, declared emergency, prepared cabin for evacuate/evacuation, diverted to phx uneventfully.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A320 CREW HAD A SUSPECTED FUEL LEAK IN ZAB CLASS A.

Narrative: LEVELED OFF OUT OF LAX AND RECEIVED AN AUTO FUEL FEED FAULT ON ECAM, SWITCHED TO MANUAL AND NOTICED THAT LEFT TANK HAD BURNED OUT EXCESSIVELY DURING CLIMB, SWITCH TO CROSS FEED FOR BALANCING AND TURNED OFF LEFT BOOST PUMPS, FUEL CONTINUED TO DECREASE FROM LEFT TANK, SUSPECTED A FUEL LEAK, DECLARED EMER, PREPARED CABIN FOR EVAC, DIVERTED TO PHX UNEVENTFULLY.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.