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Incident

FAA incident report · Airbus A310-324 · New York, NY · January 29, 1990

Date
January 29, 1990 · 14:15 local
Place
New York, NY
Airport
John F Kennedy International
Phase of flight
Descent
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
PAAA
Aircraft
N817PA
Reported as
Airbus A310324
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,700 total1,506 in this make and model160 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Stab trim switches tripped and would not reset on descent. Ice on trim cable. Potable water drain valve had failed.

As the FAA filed it

STAB TRIM SWITCHES TRIPPED AND WOULD NOT RESET ON DESCENT. ICE ON TRIM CABLE. POTABLE WATER DRAIN VALVE HAD FAILED.

Other reports on N817PA · 1

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.