# Incident 20041027028619I: Airbus A320232, Long Beach, CA, October 27, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 27, 2004, 08:30 local time
- Place: Long Beach, CA
- Airport: Long Beach - Daugherty Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: YENA
- Location: 33.7670° N, 118.1892° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Long Beach, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.7670&lon=-118.1892&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
- People aboard: 5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 18,000 total, 4,820 in this make and model, 210 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20041027028619I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED TAIL STRIKE UPON LANDING. A SIX FOOT LONG BY ONE FOOT WIDE SECTION OF SKIN WAS DAMAGED.

## Other reports on N503JB (1)

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

- [Incident 20021101029329I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20021101029329I), Nov 1, 2002: Airbus A320232 (N503JB), New York, NY, Minor damage. (-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…

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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