# Incident 20020221002849I: Airbus A320232, Newark, NJ, February 21, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 21, 2002, 09:00 local time
- Place: Newark, NJ
- Airport: Newark International
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: YENA
- Location: 40.7242° N, 74.1726° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Newark, NJ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.7242&lon=-74.1726&mi=10
- Aircraft: N506JB, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N506JB) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Airbus Industrie A320-232 (registry code 3930326, https://openairdocs.org/model/airbus-industrie-a320-232) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: IAE V2500SERIES (registry code 34601, https://openairdocs.org/engine/iae-v2500series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AIRBUS A320232
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020221002849I

## Narrative

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

(-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.

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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