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FAA incident report · Airbus A320-232 · Newark, NJ · February 21, 2002

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Date
February 21, 2002 · 09:00 local
Place
Newark, NJ
Airport
Newark International
Phase of flight
Descent
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
YENA
Aircraft
N506JB
Reported as
Airbus A320232
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
N506JBRegistered now · Airbus Industrie A320-232S/N 1235 · Built 2000Airframe modelAirbus Industrie A320-232Engine modelIAE V2500SERIESTurbo-jet

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What happened

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(-23) Aircraft was inbound to jfk airport from ontario, California. The pilot was told to hold for arrival to jfk. The pilot decided to go to his alternate airport, stewart airport. Prior to arriving at stewart, the pilot was informed by controllers that jfk was now available. The pilot elected to return to jfk whereby he was once again told to hold. The pilot then declared minimum fuel and landed at Newark airport with 3100 lbs of fuel. This amount of fuel was approximately one hour's flying time fuel.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) AIRCRAFT WAS INBOUND TO JFK AIRPORT FROM ONTARIO, CALIFORNIA. THE PILOT WAS TOLD TO HOLD FOR ARRIVAL TO JFK. THE PILOT DECIDED TO GO TO HIS ALTERNATE AIRPORT, STEWART AIRPORT. PRIOR TO ARRIVING AT STEWART, THE PILOT WAS INFORMED BY CONTROLLERS THAT JFK WAS NOW AVAILABLE. THE PILOT ELECTED TO RETURN TO JFK WHEREBY HE WAS ONCE AGAIN TOLD TO HOLD. THE PILOT THEN DECLARED MINIMUM FUEL AND LANDED AT NEWARK AIRPORT WITH 3100 LBS OF FUEL. THIS AMOUNT OF FUEL WAS APPROXIMATELY ONE HOUR'S FLYING TIME FUEL.