# Incident 20140423005309I: Boeing 737-832, Jamaica, NY, April 23, 2014

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 23, 2014, 17:53 local time
- Place: Jamaica, NY
- Airport: John F Kennedy International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: DALA
- Location: 40.6399° N, 73.7787° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at JOHN F KENNEDY INTL (JFK), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.6399&lon=-73.7787&mi=10
- Aircraft: N384DA, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N384DA) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 737-832 (registry code 13844CF, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-737-832) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: GE CFM56 series (registry code 30016, https://openairdocs.org/engine/ge-cfm56-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 737-832
- Reported engine: GE CFM56 SERIES
- People aboard: 0
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140423005309I

## Narrative

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

DELTA AIRLINES FLIGHT 718, AIRCRAFT REGISTRATION N384DA, A B737, LANDED AT JOHN F. KENNEDY AIRPORT (JFK) ON RUNWAY 31R. ACCORDING TO AIRPORT AGENCY REPORTS AND AIRCRAFT MAINTENANCE RECORDS, PROVIDED FROM THE AIR CARRIER AND AIRPORT AGENCIES STATED, UPON LANDING ON TO RUNWAY 31R AT INTERSECTION ZA, THE PILOT OF AIRCRAFT N384DA REPORTED THAT ONE OF THE AIRCRAFT WHEELS STRUCK THE IN PAVEMENT RUNWAY CENTERLINE (C/L) LIGHT FIXTURE THAT WAS DETACHED AND PROTRUDING FROM ITS FLUSH MOUNTED SOCKET HOLDER, CAUSING THE C/L LIGHT FIXTURE TO BECOME DISLODGED FROM THE ITS SOCKET HOLDER, STRIKING AND IMPACTING THE AIRCRAFT. THE IMPACT FROM THE C/L LIGHT FIXTURE CAUSED DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT?S LOWER RIGHT FUSELAGE BELLY SKIN BELOW THE FORWARD CARGO COMPARTMENT. THE DAMAGE CONSISTED OF TWO LONG DENTS. ONE DENT MEASURED 22.375 IN X 5.825 IN X 0.187 IN, AND THE SECOND DENT MEASURED 16.5 IN X 4.75 IN X 0.218 IN. THE AIRCRAFT EXITED RUNWAY 31 R AND THEN TAXIED TO THE GATE UNEVENTFULLY WITH NO REPORTED INJURIES.

ONCE THE SUBJECT AIRCRAFT WAS CLEAR OF RUNWAY 31R, JFK AIRPORT OPERATIONS CLOSED RUNWAY 31R, UNTIL AIRPORT OPERATIONS PERSONNEL CONDUCTED A SWEEP OF THE RUNWAY FOR ALL DEBRIS CAUSED BY THE DISLODGED IN PAVEMENT C/L LIGHT FIXTURE, AND FOR A COLD PATCH REPAIR TO BE MADE TO THE C/L LIGHT FIXTURE AND TO ITS FLUSH MOUNTED SOCKET HOLDER.

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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