# Incident 20081031852209I: Airbus A319112, New York, NY, October 31, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 31, 2008, 23:05 local time
- Place: New York, NY
- Airport: La Guardia
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: F3LA
- Location: 40.7772° N, 73.8726° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LAGUARDIA (LGA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.7772&lon=-73.8726&mi=10
- Aircraft: N941FR, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N941FR) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Airbus A319-112 (registry code 3940009, https://openairdocs.org/model/airbus-a319-112) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: CFM International CFM56 series (registry code 13802, https://openairdocs.org/engine/cfm-international-cfm56-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AIRBUS A319112
- Reported engine: GE CFM56*
- People aboard: 71
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,457 total, 3,070 in this make and model, 127 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20081031852209I

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE CAPTAIN HAD LIMITED EXPERIENCE AT LGA, AS DID THE FIRST OFFICER.  THE CREW HAD PLANNED FOR A LANDING ON RW 22 AND HAD BRIEFED FOR THAT.  WHEN THEY WERE SWITCHED TO NEW YORK APPROACH, THEY WERE ASSIGNED RW 31.  SINCE THEY WERE NUMBER 1 FOR THE AIRPORT, THEY WERE TOLD TO KEEP THEIR SPEED UP.  THIS LIMITED THE AMOUNT OF TIME AVAILABLE FOR BRIEFING THE APPROACH AND LANDING.  AFTER FLYING THE EXPRESSWAY VISUAL APPROACH, THE LANDING WAS WITHIN THE TOUCHDOWN ZONE, BUT AT THE FAR END OF THE ZONE.  AUTO-BRAKES WERE SELECTED TO LOW.  FULL REVERSE THRUST WAS APPLIED, BUT IT COULD NOT BE VERIFIED HOW LONG IT WAS EMPLOYED.  DUE TO LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH THE AIRPORT, THE CAPTAIN DID NOT REALIZE THAT A TURN-OFF IS NORMALLY MADE PRIOR TO RW 4-22.  THEY WERE TOLD BY THE TOWER CONTROLLER THAT RW 22 WAS AVAILABLE AND IF UNABLE THEN USE TAXIWAY AA.  THE CAPTIAN DID NOT BELIEVE THAT THE AIRACRAFT COULD MAKE EITHER TURN OFF.  THE TOWER INFORMED FRONTIER 516 THAT TRAFFIC WAS ON 1/2 MILE FINAL AND ASKED THEM TO MAKE GOOD TIME CLEARING THE RUNWAY.  THE CAPTAIN BECAME CONFUSED ABOUT THE TURN-OFF AND MISTAKENLY TURNED LEFT INTO A HARD SURFACED SAFETY AREA.  THIS EVENT HAS BEEN SUBMITTED TO AN ASAP PROGRAM.

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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