# Incident 20190629008659I: Airbus Industrie A319-131, Newark, NJ, June 29, 2019

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 29, 2019, 08:46 local time
- Place: Newark, NJ
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: CALA
- Location: 40.7242° N, 74.1726° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Newark, NJ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.7242&lon=-74.1726&mi=10
- Aircraft: N837UA, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N837UA) (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 INDUSTRIE A319-131
- Reported engine: IAE V2500SERIES
- People aboard: 132
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190629008659I

## Narrative

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

AT APPROXIMATELY 8:46AM EASTERN STANDARD TIME (EST) ON JUNE 29, 2019, AIRCRAFT N837UA, AN AIRBUS 319 OPERATED BY UNITED AIRLINES (UAL), AS FLIGHT #2098, WAS ON A SCHEDULED FLIGHT FROM LAGUARDIA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (LGA), TO GEORGE BUSH INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (IAH) WHEN THE CREW REPORTED A FAILURE OF BOTH GREEN AND YELLOW HYDRAULIC SYSTEM. THE CREW ELECTED TO DIVERT TO NEWARK LIBERTY INTERNATIONAL (EWR), AIRPORT. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED SAFETY ON RUNWAY 22 LEFT AND WAS MEET THE AIRPORTS EMERGENCY RESPONDERS. UAL REPORTED THERE WAS SMOKE COMING FROM THE LEFT WHEEL WELL AREA. THE AIRCRAFT SLIDES WERE DEPLOYED AND THE PASSENGERS WERE EVACUATED, NO INJURIES FROM PASSENGERS OF CREW WERE REPORTED.

ON TAKE-OFF FROM LGA THE CREW HAD AN ISSUE RETRACTING THE GEAR DUE TO LOSING TWO HYDRAULIC SYSTEMS (GREEN, YELLOW).  AN EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED AND THE CREW IMPLEMENTED THE QRH.  THE DECISION WAS MADE TO DIVERT TO EWR.  AIRCRAFT LANDED ON RWY 22L.  BRAKE OVERHEATED AND FIRE ENSUED.  FLIGHT DECK CREW ELECTED TO COMMAND AN EVACUATION.  PASSENGERS AND CREW EVACUATED TO THE TARMAC.

## Other reports on N837UA (1)

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

- [Incident 20080224013419I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080224013419I), Feb 24, 2008: Airbus A319131 (N837UA), Washington, DC, Minor damage. (-23) At approximately 1820L united flight 783, N837UA, an Airbus 319 was parked in the 19L run-up block awaiting take off clearance with the parking brake…

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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