# Accident 20080109844059A: Airbus A319114, Detroit, MI, January 9, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 9, 2008, 08:00 local time
- Place: Detroit, MI
- Airport: Detroit Metropolitan Wayne Cou
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: NWAA
- Location: 42.2125° N, 83.3533° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.2125&lon=-83.3533&mi=10
- Aircraft: N349NB, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N349NB) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Airbus A319-114 (registry code 3940002, https://openairdocs.org/model/airbus-a319-114) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: CFM International CFM56 series (registry code 13802, https://openairdocs.org/engine/cfm-international-cfm56-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AIRBUS A319114
- Reported engine: GE CFM56*
- People aboard: 6
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI08LA071](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI08LA071) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080109844059A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON JANUARY 09, 2008 APPROX 0800 LOCAL NWA AIRBUS 319 N349NB HAD BOTH NR 2 ENGINE FAN COWLINGS DEPART THE AIRCRAT PRIOR TO TOUCHDOWN IN DTW.  ONE COWLING DEPARTED APPROXIMATELY ONE NM FROM THE APPROACH END TO THE RUNWAY (HAS NOT BEEN LOCATED AT THIS TIME) AND THE OTHER COWLING WAS FOUND ON THE RUNWAY.  AIRCRAFT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT.  NO EMERGENCY OR EVACUATION WAS INITIATED.  NOTE THE COWLING THAT WAS FOUND ON THE RUNWAY WAS STRUCK BY A LANDING NWA 757 N528US WHICH CAUSED DAMAGE TO THE NR 2 TIRE ON THAT AIRCRAFT.  PRELIMINARY DAMAGE INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT DEPARTING COWLINGS CAUSED DAMAGE TO THE NR 2 ENGINE COMPONENTS, NR 2 NOSE COWLING, RT OTB THRUST REVERSER, L&R FAN COWLS, NR 2 PYLON, AND HORIZONTAL.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB CHI08LA071](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI08LA071), Jan 9, 2008: Airbus Industrie A319-114 (N349NB), Detroit, MI, substantial damage. Probable cause: The separation of the engine cowling which resulted from maintenance personnel failing to follow maintenance procedures in that they did not latch the engine cowling following the maintenance…

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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