Serious incident Airbus A300B4-103 N16982, Monday 6 December 1993

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Date:	Monday 6 December 1993
Time:	21:10 LT
Type:	Airbus A300B4-103
Owner/operator:	Continental Airlines
Registration:	N16982
MSN:	091
Year of manufacture:	1979
Total airframe hrs:	41274 hours
Engine model:	GE CF6-50
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 163
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Minor
Category:	Serious incident
Location:	Newark, NJ - United States of America
Phase:	Landing
Nature:	Unknown
Departure airport:	Houston Intercontinental Airport, TX (IAH/KIAH)
Destination airport:	(KEWR)
Investigating agency:	NTSB
Confidence Rating:	Accident investigation report completed and information captured

Narrative:
DURING THE LANDING ROLL, THE PILOT INITIATED THE THRUST REVERSERS OF BOTH ENGINES. THE #2 ENGINE TRANSLATING COWL SEPARATED DURING THE ROLL AND THE PARTS FELL TO THE RUNWAY. EXAMINATION OF THE TRANSLATING COWL COMPONENTS REVEALED THAT A JOINT WAS IMPROPERLY BONDED DURING A REPAIR. THIS JOINT SEPARATED AT DEPLOYMENT OF THE REVERSER UNIT DURING THE LANDING, AND THE TRANSLATING COWL UNIT FAILED. ANOTHER AIRPLANE, A BUSINESS EXPRESS BEECH 100, N7203C, IMPACTED THE DEBRIS ON THE RUNWAY DURING LANDING AND ALSO SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE.

Probable Cause: THE SEPARATION OF THE RIGHT OUTBOARD TRANSLATING COWL ON THE #2 ENGINE THRUST REVERSER AS A RESULT OF INADEQUATE BONDING MATERIAL.

Accident investigation: