PSA CRJ7 near Charleston on Sep 2nd 2019, fuel gauge inoperative

Last Update: September 2, 2019 / 22:30:12 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Sep 2, 2019

Classification
Incident

Flight number
AA-5445

Aircraft Registration
N706PS

Aircraft Type
Canadair CRJ-700

ICAO Type Designator
CRJ7

A PSA Airlines Canadair CRJ-700 on behalf of American Airlines, registration N706PS performing flight AA-5445 from Cincinnati,KY to Washington National,DC (USA), was enroute at FL310 about 30nm south of Charleston,WV (USA) when the crew decided to divert to Charleston advising ATC they had no indication for the left fuel tank quantity, they did not expect any leak or similiar, just the gauge was inoperative. The aircraft landed safely on Charleston's runway 23 about 15 minutes later.

The aircraft remained on the ground for about 100 minutes, then continued the flight and reached Washington with a delay of 2 hours.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Sep 2, 2019

Classification
Incident

Flight number
AA-5445

Aircraft Registration
N706PS

Aircraft Type
Canadair CRJ-700

ICAO Type Designator
CRJ7

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