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Aviation incident DCA09IA014

NONE · BOEING 777 · 2008-11-26 · Bozeman, MT, USA

Event

NTSB number
DCA09IA014
Event ID
20081201X44308
Type
Incident
Date
2008-11-26
Location
Bozeman, MT, USA
Coordinates
45.76934, -110.930198

Injuries

Highest injury
NONE
Fatal
0
Serious
0
Minor
0
Uninjured
263
Total aboard
263

Aircraft

Make
BOEING
Model
777
Registration
N862DA
FAR Part
121
Engines
2
Damage

Conditions

Light
DAYL
Weather
VMC

Probable cause

An accumulation of ice in the fuel system, which formed from the water normally present in jet fuel during commonly encountered flight conditions, which accreted and released, restricting the fuel flow at the right engine fuel-oil heat exchanger inlet face. Contributing to the incident were certification requirements (with which the aircraft and engine fuel systems were in compliance), which did not account for the possibility of ice accumulating and subsequently releasing in the aircraft and engine fuel feed system upstream of the fuel-oil heat exchanger.

Source

Authoritative
NTSB CAROL
Machine
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