# Incident 20251203017349I: Airbus A320-232, Newark, NJ, December 3, 2025

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 3, 2025, 22:07 local time
- Place: Newark, NJ
- Airport: Newark Liberty International A
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: YENA
- Location: 40.6925° N, 74.1687° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at NEWARK LIBERTY INTL (EWR), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.6925&lon=-74.1687&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: 0
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20251203017349I

## Narrative

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

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 700 FEET THE AIRCRAFT ENCOUNTERED BIRDS. SOUNDS OF BIRD STRIKES WERE NOTED BY THE FLIGHT CREW (BIRD TYPE UNKNOWN) AND THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED THE APPROACH TO AN UNEVENTFUL LANDING. UPON INSPECTION AT THE GATE MAINTENANCE DISCOVERED MULTIPLE BIRD STRIKE WITH EVIDENCE OF DAMAGE TO THE RIGHT-WING LEADING-EDGE SLAT AND THE LEFT-WING TRAILING-EDGE FLAP.

## Other reports on N656JB (1)

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

- [Incident 20140918016799I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140918016799I), Sep 18, 2014: Airbus A320-232 (N656JB), Long Beach, CA, Minor damage. 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…

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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