# Incident 19900129004969I: Airbus A310324, New York, NY, January 29, 1990

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 29, 1990, 14:15 local time
- Place: New York, NY
- Airport: John F Kennedy International
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: PAAA
- Location: 40.6399° N, 73.7787° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at JOHN F KENNEDY INTL (JFK), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.6399&lon=-73.7787&mi=10
- Aircraft: N817PA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N817PA-1994-08-11) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Airbus Industrie A310-324 (registry code 3930318, https://openairdocs.org/model/airbus-industrie-a310-324) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AIRBUS A310324
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,700 total, 1,506 in this make and model, 160 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900129004969I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

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.

- [Incident 19890107007019I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890107007019I), Jan 7, 1989: Airbus A310324 (N817PA), St Martins, NT. Cabin filled with toxic smoke while taxiing to gate. Evacuated using slides and doors. Cause undetermined.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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