# Incident 20221224019869I: Airbus A320-232, New York, NY, December 24, 2022

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 24, 2022, 21:01 local time
- Place: New York, NY
- Airport: John F Kennedy International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground/Ramp/Ma
- 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: N558JB, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N558JB) (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: 131
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 6
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 17,100 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20221224019869I

## Narrative

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

PASSENGER LAPTOP FIRE IN CABIN AS AIRCRAFT ARRIVED AT GATE.  PASSENGER INITIATED EVACUATION UTILIZING EMERGENCY WINDOW EXITS.  MINOR PASSENGER INJURIES.  MINOR DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT CARPET AND WINDOW EXIT ARMING PIN. BARBADOS GRANTLEY ADAMS INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (TBPB) TO NEW YORK, JOHN F KENNEDY AIRPORT (KJFK), ON SATURDAY, 12-24-22.

AS THE AIRCRAFT ARRIVED AT THE ARRIVAL GATE, A FIRE STARTED UNDER ROW 8 DEF FROM A PASSENGER’S ELECTRONIC DEVICE.  SEVERAL PASSENGERS OPENED EMERGENCY WINDOW EXITS AND BEGAN TO EVACUATE.  FLIGHT ATTENDANTS QUICKLY STOPPED EVACUATION WHILE CAPTAIN EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE.  THERE WERE APPROXIMATELY 6 EVACUATED PASSENGERS.  SOME OF THE EVACUATED PASSENGERS RETURNED TO THE CABIN. THE OTHER EVACUATED PASSENGERS, ALREADY ON THE GROUND, WERE SECURED BY GROUND CREW.  THERE WERE 6 REPORTED PASSENGER INJURIES DUE TO THE EVACUATION.  NONE WERE DEEMED SERIOUS AND REFUSED TO BE TRANSPORTED TO THE HOSPITAL.  THERE WAS A DELAY BEFORE THE JET BRIDGE WAS POSITION FOR PASSENGER EGRESS.  THE DELAY WAS DUE TO THE REQUIREMENT TO KEEP OR MOVE THE JET BRIDGE AWAY FROM AN AIRCRAFT ONCE AN EVACUATION IS INITIATED.  ONCE THE AGENT WAS NOTIFIED THE EVACUATION WAS STOPPED AND THE L1 SLIDE WAS DISARMED, THE JET BRIDGE WAS POSITIONED FOR NORMAL EGRESS.

MINOR DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT WAS LIMITED TO BURN MARKS ON THE CARPET, AND A DAMAGED ARMING PIN RESULTING FROM THE OPENING OF ONE OF THE WINDOW EXITS. (REFER TO EA15202300966).  NTSB (DCA23NA115) ELECTED NOT TO INVESTIGATE THIS ACCIDENT.

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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