A CRJ200's cas alerted fuel imbalance and the crew began the QRH fuel leak procedure; declared an em...

Attributes
ACN	918053
Time
Date	201011
Local Time Of Day	0001-0600
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.ARTCC
State Reference	US
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Regional Jet 200 ER/LR (CRJ200)
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Cruise
Flight Plan	IFR
Component
Aircraft Component	Fuel System
Person 1
Function	Pilot Flying First Officer
Person 2
Function	Captain Pilot Not Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Events
Anomaly	Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical

Narrative:

Fuel imbalance cas message at FL320. Referred QRH and as per QRH; with auto transferflow still operative; we went to 7-10 fuel leak procedure. Declared emergency with center in order to get an expedited decent. During decent to fl 180 noted a fuel imbalance at 1;000 pounds between tanks (right tank low). Below 10;000 auto transferflow started correcting imbalance. Landed nearest suitable airport. Contacted maintenance and coordinated with operations to continue the flight to our planned destination with another aircraft already available. Captain coordinated for landing with operations; dispatch and flight attendant. I continued flying and working radios.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A CRJ200's CAS alerted FUEL IMBALANCE and the crew began the QRH Fuel Leak procedure; declared an emergency; descended and diverted to a nearby airport.

Narrative: FUEL IMBALANCE CAS message at FL320. Referred QRH and as per QRH; with auto transferflow still operative; we went to 7-10 Fuel Leak Procedure. Declared emergency with Center in order to get an expedited decent. During decent to FL 180 noted a fuel imbalance at 1;000 LBS between tanks (right tank low). Below 10;000 auto transferflow started correcting imbalance. Landed nearest suitable airport. Contacted Maintenance and coordinated with Operations to continue the flight to our planned destination with another aircraft already available. Captain coordinated for landing with Operations; Dispatch and Flight Attendant. I continued flying and working radios.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of April 2012 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.

A CRJ200's cas alerted fuel imbalance and the crew began the QRH fuel leak procedure; declared an emergency; descended and diverted to a nearby airport.