# Incident 20100405031309I: Airbus Indu A320-232, Newark, NJ, April 5, 2010

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 5, 2010, 06:21 local time
- Place: Newark, NJ
- Airport: Liberty International
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Rotation
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: YENA
- Location: 40.7393° N, 74.1693° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.7393&lon=-74.1693&mi=10
- Aircraft: N535JB, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N535JB) (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 INDU A320-232
- Reported engine: IAE V2500SERIES
- People aboard: 136
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ENG10IA026](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ENG10IA026) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100405031309I

## Narrative

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

DURING OVERNIGHT MAINTENANCE MECHANIC FAILED TO SECURE #1 ENGINE FAN COWLS CORRECTLY. ON TAKE-OFF ROLL, #1 ENGINE  FAN COWLS FROM LEFT AND RIGHT SIDES SEPARATED FROM ENGINE. AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO NEWARK AIRPORT AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. RETRIEVED COWLINGS FROM RUNWAY REVEALED THAT 3 OF THE 4 COWL LATCHES WERE FOUND STOWED IN THEIR RECEPTICLES NOT LOCKING THE COWLING PROPERLY.

## 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 ENG10IA026](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ENG10IA026), Apr 5, 2010: Airbus A320 (N535JB), Newark, NJ, incident, minor damage. Probable cause: The separation of both halves of the left engine fan cowl assembly due to improper latching and locking of the all the fan cowl latches. The cause of the improper latching and locking of the fan…

## Other reports on N535JB (1)

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

- [Incident 20040529008599I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040529008599I), May 29, 2004: Airbus A320232 (N535JB), Oakland, CA, Substantial damage. (-23) Oakland international airport air traffic control reported on may 29, 2004 that jetblue airways flt 94 departing from Oakland enroute to jfk, struck at…

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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