Incident Overview
Date: Friday 30 August 2002
Aircraft Type: Fokker 100
Owner/operator: TAM Linhas Areas
Registration Number: PT-MQH
Location: Birigui, SP –
ÿ Brazil
Phase of Flight: En route
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 29
Component Affected: Second engine fuel pump.Second engine fuel pump.
Investigating Agency: CENIPACENIPA
Category: Accident
A Fokker 100 aircraft, en route from S?o Paulo to Campo Grande, experienced a significant fuel imbalance leading to an emergency landing. A fuel filter and fuel low pressure warning were detected on the second engine, prompting immediate action. However, a fuel imbalance rapidly escalated, causing the aircraft to lose fuel quickly, resulting in both engines stopping due to fuel exhaustion. The aircraft landed in a farm field with a cow fatality and substantial damage. A fuel line to the second engine fuel pump snapped, causing a fuel leak.A Fokker 100 aircraft, en route from S?o Paulo to Campo Grande, experienced a significant fuel imbalance leading to an emergency landing. A fuel filter and fuel low pressure warning were detected on the second engine, prompting immediate action. However, a fuel imbalance rapidly escalated, causing the aircraft to lose fuel quickly, resulting in both engines stopping due to fuel exhaustion. The aircraft landed in a farm field with a cow fatality and substantial damage. A fuel line to the second engine fuel pump snapped, causing a fuel leak.
Description
The Fokker 100 plane departed S?o Paulo at 09:48 for a flight to Campo Grande. At cruising altitude, the crew noted “fuel filter” and “fuel low press” warnings for the no. 2 engine. They took action, but a little while later a fuel unbalance situation developed. The aircraft was losing fuel quickly, so the crew decided to divert to Araatuba, SP (ARU), however both engines stopped due to fuel exhaustion when the aircraft still was still 16 miles from the airport. The crew carried out an emergency landing in a farm field. One cow was killed and the aircraft sustained substantial damage. Preliminary reports say a fuel line to the no. 2 engine fuel pump snapped, causing a fuel leak.
Primary Cause
Fuel line failure on the second engine fuel pump.Fuel line failure on the second engine fuel pump.Share on:
