AT72, vicinity Itaituba, Brazil, 2019

AT72, vicinity Itaituba, Brazil, 2019

Summary

On 16 September 2019, an ATR 72-200 diverted to Itaituba, Brazil, when landing at its intended destination of Manaus was prevented by the airport's unexpected closure due to an aircraft accident. During this diversion, intermittent indications of low fuel quantity were annunciated, and one engine subsequently ran down on final approach and the other whilst backtracking after landing. It was found that due to a series of undetected faults in the aircraft’s fuel quantity sensing system, the flight deck indications of fuel tank contents were over-reading and the low fuel indication system was also malfunctioning for the same reason.

Description

On 16 September 2019, an ATR 72-200 (PR-MPY) operated by MAP Linhas Aéreas on a scheduled domestic passenger flight from Belem to Manaus with stops at Altamira and Itaituba returned to Itaituba when the final destination airport at Manaus was closed due to an aircraft accident. After intermittent indications of low fuel contents, the left engine ran down due to fuel exhaustion during final approach in day visual conditions (VMC). A single-engine landing was completed but soon after this, the right engine stopped for the same reason but was successfully restarted. This enabled the aircraft to taxi to its assigned parking position.

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