# Incident 20100110025769I: Airbus Indu A319-131, Newark, NJ, January 10, 2010

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 10, 2010, 09:15 local time
- Place: Newark, NJ
- Airport: Newark Liberty International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: UALA
- Location: 40.7405° N, 74.1696° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.7405&lon=-74.1696&mi=10
- Aircraft: N816UA, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N816UA) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Airbus Industrie A319-131 (registry code 3930317, https://openairdocs.org/model/airbus-industrie-a319-131) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: IAE V2500SERIES (registry code 34601, https://openairdocs.org/engine/iae-v2500series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AIRBUS INDU A319-131
- Reported engine: IAE V2500SERIES
- People aboard: 53
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 3
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 9,842 total, 915 in this make and model, 234 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DCA10IA021](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA10IA021) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100110025769I

## Narrative

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

NOTE BLOCK 5: NTSB INCIDENT NUMBER AS RECEIVED FROM THE NTSB IS DCA10IA021. "I" IS NOT A CHOICE FROM THE DROP DOWN MENU ON THIS ELECTRONIC FORM.AFTER AN UNEVENTFUL FLIGHT FROM ORD TO EWR, CREW SELECTED GEAR DOWN ON FINAL TO RWY 4R AT EWR. ECAM INDICATION WAS GEAR NOT DOWN AND LOCKED, THREE RED GEAR LIGHTS. CREW INITIATED GO AROUND AND CYCLED LANDING GEAR WITH NO CHANGE IN GEAR INDICATON. CREW INITIATED AN EMERGENCY GRAVITY GEAR EXTENSION. INDICATION WAS LEFT MAIN AND NOSE GEAR DOWN AND LOCKED, RIGHT MAIN GEAR UNSAFE. CREW PERFORMED FLY BY OF CONTROL TOWER THAT CONFIRMED LH MAIN AND NOSE GEAR APPEARED DOWN AND RH MAIN GEAR APPEARED UP. CREW COMPLETED PARTIAL GEAR UP LANDING CHECKLIST AND LANDED ON RWY 4L. THE AIRCRAFT REMAINED ON CENTER LINE AND CAME TO REST ON THE LH MAIN, NOSE AND RH ENGINE APPROXIMATELY 4200 FEET FROM THE DISPLACED THRESHOLD. THERE WAS NO POST INCIDENT FIRE. A SUCCESSFUL EVACUATION WAS INITIATED WITH THREE MINOR INJURIES REPORTED. THE ONLY NOTABLE DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT APPEARED TO BE TO THE UNDERSIDE OF THE RH ENGINE AND THE LH AND RH INBOARD LANDING GEAR DOORS WHICH REMAINED OPEN DURING THE LANDING AND CONTACTED THE RUNWAY. IT APPEARS THE LANDING GEAR FAILED TO EXTEND BECAUSE THE RH MAIN GEAR INBOARD DOOR FAILED TO OPEN COMPLETELY. THE DOOR FAILED TO OPEN COMPLETELY BECAUSE OF AN AS YET UNSPECIFIED INTERNAL FAILURE OF THE DOOR ACTUATOR. THE LANDING GEAR SYSTEM OPERATES SUCH THAT ALL GEAR DOORS MUST BE COMPLETELY OPEN BEFORE THE LANDING GEAR IS COMMANDED TO EXTEND. THE GRAVITY EMERGENCY EXTENSION WAS EFFECTIVE ON THE LH MAIN AND NOSE GEAR, BUT WAS INEFFECTIVE ON THE RH MAIN BECAUSE IT HIT THE PARTIALLY OPEN INBOARD DOOR WHICH PREVENTED IT FROM FULLY EXTENDING. THE MATTER IS CURRENTLY UNDER INVESTIGATION BY THE VARIOUS MANUFACTURERS INVOLVED AND THE NTSB. SHOULD A DEFINITIVE CAUSE FOR THE FAILURE OF THE RH MLG DOOR ACTUATOR BE DETERMINED, THIS FORM WILL BE AMENDED.IT IS WORTHY OF NOTE THAT DURING THE EVACUATION THE R1 DOOR EMERGENCY ESCAPE SLIDE FAILED TO DEPLOY. A PRELIMINARY INVESTIGATION OF THE FAILURE INDICATES THAT ALL CONDITIONS FOR THE SLIDE TO DEPLOY WERE MET; HOWEVER, THE SLIDE NEVER COMPLETELY LEFT THE BUSTLE WHICH THEN BECAME TRAPPED BY THE DOOR HINGE PREVENTING DEPLOYMENT. INSPECTION BY THE MANUFACTURER AT THEIR FACILITY CONFIRMED THAT THE SLIDE WAS PACKED CORRECTLY AND A FLAT FIRE TEST SHOWED NORMAL INFLATION. THIS MATTER CONTINUES TO BE INVESTIGATED BY THE VARIOUS MANUFACTURERS INVOLVED AND THE NTSB. SHOULD A DEFINITIVE CAUSE FOR THE FAILURE OF THE SLIDE BE DETERMINED, THIS FORM WILL BE AMENDED.

## 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 DCA10IA021](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA10IA021), Jan 10, 2010: Airbus Industrie A319-131 (N816UA), Newark, NJ, incident, minor damage. Probable cause: A mechanical failure of internal components of the right main landing gear door actuator resulting in the flight crew being unable to fully extend the right main landing gear using the normal and…

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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