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An A300-600R in cruise declared an emergency and diverted due to both inner fuel tanks failure to supply fuel under pressure to the engines. No fault lights noted on fuel panel.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 654154 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200504 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : zzz.airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Altitude | msl single value : 33000 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | artcc : zzz.artcc |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | A300 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | cruise : level |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| ASRS Report | 654154 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa other flight crewb |
| Resolutory Action | controller : issued new clearance flight crew : diverted to another airport flight crew : declared emergency |
| Consequence | other other |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Aircraft |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
Narrative:
Shortly after leveloff; we discovered that both inner fuel tanks had stopped supplying fuel under pressure to the engines. No fault lights noted on the fuel panel. The decision was then made to divert to ZZZ. We declared an emergency with ATC. We requested crash fire rescue equipment equipment to stand by as a precaution. We had a normal approach and landing with no further occurrences.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: AN A300-600R IN CRUISE DECLARED AN EMER AND DIVERTED DUE TO BOTH INNER FUEL TANKS FAILURE TO SUPPLY FUEL UNDER PRESSURE TO THE ENGS. NO FAULT LIGHTS NOTED ON FUEL PANEL.
Narrative: SHORTLY AFTER LEVELOFF; WE DISCOVERED THAT BOTH INNER FUEL TANKS HAD STOPPED SUPPLYING FUEL UNDER PRESSURE TO THE ENGS. NO FAULT LIGHTS NOTED ON THE FUEL PANEL. THE DECISION WAS THEN MADE TO DIVERT TO ZZZ. WE DECLARED AN EMER WITH ATC. WE REQUESTED CFR EQUIP TO STAND BY AS A PRECAUTION. WE HAD A NORMAL APCH AND LNDG WITH NO FURTHER OCCURRENCES.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of January 2009 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.