Created Wednesday, Mar 16th 2022 08:48Z, last updated Wednesday, Mar 16th 2022 08:48Z
A Skywest Canadair CRJ-700, registration N718SK performing flight
OO-9898 from Montreal,QC (Canada) to Chicago O'Hare,IL (USA), was in initial climb out of Montreal's runway 24R when immediately after becoming airborne the crew received a "R MAIN/SCAV" EICAS message, the crew observed that fuel was transferred from the left to the right hand fuel tank. Climbing through 15,000 feet a fuel imbalance message appeared, the crew declared emergency reporting a fuel imbalance problem and decided to return to Montreal. The crew worked the related checklists and determined the fuel imbalance was caused by the automatic fuel transfer system. While descending towards Montreal the fuel imbalance remained steady at 1200 lbs and began to decrease as the aircraft descended lower. The aircraft landed safely on Montreal's runway 24R about 30 minutes after departure.
The Canadian TSB reported the crew did not experience any control or performance problems.
The occurrence aircraft returned to service 5 days later.
