# Incident 20250310005389I: Airbus A321-231, Boston, MA, March 10, 2025

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 10, 2025, 05:00 local time
- Place: Boston, MA
- Airport: Boston Logan
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: YENA
- Location: 42.3620° N, 71.0079° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Boston Logan International Airport (BOS), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.3620&lon=-71.0079&mi=10
- Aircraft: N952JB, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N952JB) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Airbus A321-231 (registry code 3940032, https://openairdocs.org/model/airbus-a321-231) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: IAE V2533-A5 (registry code 34611, https://openairdocs.org/engine/iae-v2533-a5) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AIRBUS A321-231
- Reported engine: IAE V2533-A5
- 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/20250310005389I

## Narrative

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

WHILE ON FINAL APPROACH AT APPROXIMATELY 0500 LOCAL TIME TO RUNWAY 22L AT BOSTON LOGAN INTERNATIONAL AIRORT, A OF FLOCK GEESE BEGAN TO FLY ACROSS THE RUNWAY AND THEN TURNED TOWARD THE AIRCRAFT.  APROXIMATELY 5-10 GEESE BEGAN TO CONTACT THE AIRCRAFT AT ABOUT 50 FEET.  THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN TO YAW TO THE RIGHT BUT THE YAW MOMENT WAS INSTANTLY CORRECTED AND THE AIRCRAFT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT.  THE AIRCRAFT TAXIED TO THE GATE WITH NO ISSUES.  THE AIRCRAFT SUFFERED DAMAGE TO THE RADOME AND THE RIGHT LEADING-EDGE FLAP.  THERE WAS NO ENGINE DAMAGE REPORTED.

## Other reports on N952JB (1)

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

- [Incident 20241204016609I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20241204016609I), Dec 4, 2024: Airbus A321-231 (N952JB), New York, NY, Minor damage. On 12/04/2024 the aircraft departed from- (bgi) - grantley adams international airport - barbados and arrived at (jfk) John f. Kennedy airport - New York. At…

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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