# Incident 20010211002559I: Airbus A320*, New York, NY, February 11, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 11, 2001, 08:54 local time
- Place: New York, NY
- Airport: John F Kennedy International
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: Foreign air carrier (Part 129)
- Operator: AJLF
- 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: 6YJMF (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: AIRBUS A320*
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010211002559I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON FEBRUARY 11, 2001 AT 0854E, AIR JAMAICA AIRLINES FLIGHT 092, AN AIRBUS A-320, RETURNED TO LAND ON RUNWAY 31L AFTER REPORTING A PROBLEM WITH ONE OF THE AILERONS. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED AND THE FOLLOWING ITEM WAS ENTERED INT HE MAINTENANCE LOGBOOK: ON CLIMB OUT OF JFK CREW NOTICED AIRCRAFT IN CONSTANT LEFT BANK.  APPROX 7 1/2" AILERON (LEFT) FLOAT OBSERVED UPON FLIGHT CONTROL PAGE.  SHORTLY AFTER CREW OBSERVED LEFT SPOILERS EXTENDED 2, 3, 4, 5 WITH LEFT BANK INCREASING. THE CORRECTIVE ACTION SECTION OF THE MAINTENANCE LOGBOOK STATED: OM ARRIVAL RELATED SURFACES CHECKED IN NEUTRAL POSITION, TO BE OK.  FLIGHT CONTROLS PRESSURIZED AND AILERONS MOVED THRU THEIR FULL RANGE SEVERAL TIMES.  INDICATIONS CORRESPONDED TO SURFACE ACTUAL POSITION.  TESTS CARRIED OUT THRU MCOCI AS PER AMM 27-60-00-810-851 AND 27-10-00-810-836 INDICATED AILERON DAMPING TEST OK.  POST FLIGHT REPORT INDICATED NIL FAULTS AND NO ASSOCIATED WARNINGS.  FLIGHT CONTROLS CHECK PHYSICALLY AND NO FAULTS FOUND.  CONSIDERED OK FOR SERVICE.  AS OF FEBRUARY 26, 2001, AIR JAMAICA MAINTENANCE STATED THERE WERE NO REPEAT MALFUNCTIONS ON THIS MATTER.  THIS INSPECTOR NOTIFIED BY TELEPHONE MR. NORMAN MARTENSON, MANAGER, ANM-116 , TRANSPORT AIRPLANE DIRECTORATE, OF THE MALFUNCTION AND SENT HIM A COPY OF THE MAINTENANCE LOGBOOK PAGE REFLECTING THE ABOVE MALFUNCTION AND CORRECTIVE ACTION TAKEN BY AIR JAMAICA. I SUBSEQUENTLY, RECEIVED A TELEPHONE CALL FROM MR. BRIAN STAUDE OF THE SEATTLE AIRCRAFT EVALUATION GROUP (AEG), ON THIS MATTER.  DICUSSED THIS WITH MR. STAUDE AND FAXED HIM A COPY OF THE MAINTENANCE LOGBOOK PAGE REFLECTING THE MALFUNCTION AND CORRECTIVE ACTION.  THIS INSPECTOR WAS INFORMED THAT AIR JAMAICA ENGINEERING HAD THE FLIGHT DATA RECORDER REMOVED FROM THE AIRCRAFT FOR THE PUPOSE OF EVALUATING THIS MALFUNCTION ALONG WITH THE AIRCRAFT'S MANUFACTURER, AIRBUS INDUSTRIES.  THIS INSPECTOR REQUESTED AIR JAMAICA FORWARD ANY FURTHER FINDINGS TO THIS OFFICE.  IF AIR JAMAICA SUBMITS FINDINGS, THIS OFFICE WILL COMPLETE AN AMENDED INCIDENT REPORT ON THIS MATTER.

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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