Crj-200 first officer reported developing a fuel balance problem that resulted in a decision to dive...

Attributes
ACN	1297466
Time
Date	201509
Local Time Of Day	1801-2400
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.ARTCC
State Reference	US
Environment
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Regional Jet 200 ER/LR (CRJ200)
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Cruise
Flight Plan	IFR
Component
Aircraft Component	Fuel System
Person 1
Function	Pilot Not Flying First Officer
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Events
Anomaly	Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical Inflight Event / Encounter Fuel Issue

Narrative:

At cruise FL260; a fuel imbalance developed that led us to divert to the nearest suitable airport after running the QRH. We [advised] center of [the] diversion [to a suitable alternate]. We landed safely without further event.rapidly increasing fuel imbalance leading to possible loss of aircraft control and stability.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: CRJ-200 FO reported developing a fuel balance problem that resulted in a decision to divert.

Narrative: At cruise FL260; a fuel imbalance developed that led us to divert to the nearest suitable airport after running the QRH. We [advised] Center of [the] diversion [to a suitable alternate]. We landed safely without further event.Rapidly increasing fuel imbalance leading to possible loss of aircraft control and stability.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.

Crj-200 first officer reported developing a fuel balance problem that resulted in a decision to divert.