# Incident 20181213024609I: Airbus A320-232, Jamaica, NY, December 13, 2018

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 13, 2018, 01:01 local time
- Place: Jamaica, NY
- Airport: John F Kennedy Int'L Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: YENA
- 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: N568JB, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N568JB) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Airbus A320-232 (registry code 3940004, https://openairdocs.org/model/airbus-a320-232) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: IAE V2500SERIES (registry code 34601, https://openairdocs.org/engine/iae-v2500series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AIRBUS A320-232
- Reported engine: IAE V2500SERIES
- 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/20181213024609I

## Narrative

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

ON APPROACH AT RWY 31R JFK INT'L AIRPORT JETBLUE FLIGHT 784 (MCO-JFK) REPORTED BUFFETING AND RUMBLING NOISE UPON FLAP 2 EXTENSION. NOISE CEASED A SHORT TIME LATER. RH OVERWING SLIDE WAS DISCOVERED MISSING AFTER LANDING.

THE SLIDE DOOR WAS REPAINTED DURING MAINTENANCE AND 2 SLIDE BALL LOCKS WERE NOT PROPERLY LATCHED. THE REMAINING LATCHES WERE UNABLE TO HOLD THE AERODYNAMIC LOAD UPON FLAP EXTENSION AND FAILED.

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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