# Incident 20140918016799I: Airbus A320-232, Long Beach, CA, September 18, 2014

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 18, 2014, 09:30 local time
- Place: Long Beach, CA
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: YENA
- Location: 33.8183° N, 118.1447° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.8183&lon=-118.1447&mi=10
- Aircraft: N656JB, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N656JB) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Airbus A320-232 (registry code 3940004, https://openairdocs.org/model/airbus-a320-232) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: IAE V2527E-A5 (registry code 34605, https://openairdocs.org/engine/iae-v2527e-a5) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AIRBUS A320-232
- Reported engine: IAE V2527E-A5
- People aboard: 147
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 11,473 total, 11,473 in this make and model, 224 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ENG14IA028](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ENG14IA028) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140918016799I

## Narrative

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

SEPTEMBER 18, 2014, AT APPROXIMATELY 0930 PACIFIC STANDARD TIME , N656JB, AN AIRBUS A320-232 (MSN 3091) OPERATING AS FLT# 1416 FROM LONG BEACH, CA (LGB) TO AUSTIN, TX (AUS), PERFORMED AN AIR RETURN TO LGB AND CONDUCTED AN EMERGENCY EVACUATION OF THE AIRCRAFT VIA THE DOOR-MOUNTED AND OVER WING ESCAPE SLIDES AFTER A FAILURE OF THE RIGHT- HAND (#2) ENGINE.

DURING THE INITIAL CLIMB AT APPROX 8000 FEET, THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED A NUMBER 2 ENGINE FAILURE AND UNDER COWLING FIRE. THE FLIGHT CREW RECEIVED SEVERAL ECAM MESSAGES, #2 ENGINE FIRE WARNING, AS WELL AS PHYSICAL SYMPTOMS OF A SUDDEN FAILURE OF THE #2 ENGINE.  THE FLIGHT CREW SECURED THE ENGINE AND DISCHARGED THE FIRE BOTTLES. CONSIDERABLE SMOKE, FROM FAILED ENGINE, WAS VISIBLE IN THE CABIN. THE FLIGHT RETURNED AND LANDED ON RUNWAY 30, STOPPING AT THE INTERSECTION OF THE RUNWAY AND TAXIWAY GOLF WHERE THE REMAINING ENGINE WAS SHUT DOWN AND THE EVACUATION WAS INITIATED. ALL THE SLIDES WERE DEPLOYED SUCCESSFULLY. THE AIRPORT RESCUE AND FIRE FIGHTING (ARFF) UNITS RESPONDED, HOWEVER, FIREFIGHTING EFFORTS WERE NOT REQUIRED.

THE ENGINE FAILURE WAS CONTAINED. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED DAMAGE TO THE ENGINE THRUST REVERSER COWLS, AND MINOR DAMAGE TO THE AFT FUSELAGE NEAR THE CARGO DOOR.

THERE WAS ONE MINOR INJURY, AND THE SAME PAX WAS TAKEN TO HOSPITAL SUFFERING FROM ANIXETY RELATED SYMPTOMS.

NOTE:

ENGINE TOTAL TIME -  30,312 HOURS AND 10,573 CYCLES.  THIS IS THE ORIGINAL ENGINE INSTALLED SINCE PURCHASE OF AIRCRAFT ON 04/03/2007. AIRFRAME HAS THE SAME HOURS AND CYCLES.

## 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 ENG14IA028](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ENG14IA028), Sep 18, 2014: Airbus A320 232 (N656JB), Long Beach, CA, incident, minor damage. Probable cause: The probable cause of the engine failure and subsequent undercowl engine fire was due to the fatigue fracture of a high pressure turbine stage 2 disk blade retaining lug that released two blades…

## Other reports on N656JB (1)

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

- [Incident 20251203017349I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20251203017349I), Dec 3, 2025: Airbus A320-232 (N656JB), Newark, NJ, Minor damage. On December 3, 2025 (2200L), jetblue flight 390 was in the final phase of flight on final approach to Newark Liberty international airport. At approximately…

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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