# Incident 20021101029329I: Airbus A320232, New York, NY, November 1, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 1, 2002, 12:45 local time
- Place: New York, NY
- Airport: John F Kennedy International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: YENA
- 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: N503JB, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N503JB) (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
- Pilot flight hours: 8,430 total, 1,450 in this make and model, 130 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20021101029329I

## Narrative

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

(-23) JET BLUE FLIGHT 0003 (A/C N503JB) WAS UNABLE TO RETRACT LANDING GEAR AFTER DEPARTURE FROM BUF. DECISION WAS MADE TO LAND AT JFK WHERE A TOWER FLY BY REVEALED THE NOSE WHEELS WERE TURNED 90 DEGREES TO THE FLIGHT PATH. AIRCRAFT LANDED ON RUNWAY 22R WHEN TOWER OBSERVED FLAMES EMITTING FROM THE NOSE GEAR, ARFF EXTINGUISHED FIRE, AND 166 PEOPLE WERE DEPLANED FROM THE AIRCRAFT USING MOBILE LOUNGES. THE NOSE WHEEL ASSEMBLIES WERE GROUNDED DOWN TO THE AXLE. ON SITE INVESTIGATION CONDUCTED, WITH CONCURRENCE OF THE NTSB AUTHORIZATION WAS GIVEN TO REMOVE THE AIRCRAFT FROM THE RUNWAY. THE TIRES WERE REPLACED AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS TOWED TO THE RAMP WITHOUT INCIDENT.

## Other reports on N503JB (1)

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

- [Incident 20041027028619I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20041027028619I), Oct 27, 2004: Airbus A320232 (N503JB), Long Beach, CA, Minor damage. (-23) Aircraft experienced tail strike upon landing. A six foot Long by one foot wide section of skin was damaged.

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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