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A heavy jet captain on final to ewr 4R reported an unmanned aircraft system near miss at 2;000 feet when the craft passed beneath their aircraft.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1301464 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201510 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201-1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | EWR.Airport |
| State Reference | NJ |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Widebody Low Wing 2 Turbojet Eng |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Final Approach |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Aircraft 2 | |
| Make Model Name | UAV - Unpiloted Aerial Vehicle |
| Flight Phase | Cruise |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Captain |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 182 Flight Crew Type 5990 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Airspace Violation All Types Conflict NMAC Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Inflight Event / Encounter Other / Unknown |
Narrative:
Near miss with drone; while on final approach to 04R we saw a drone about 1-200 feet below us barely off centerline of 4R. We were at 2000 feet and cleared for ILS 4R had we been 200 feet lower we would have hit the drone. It was reported by several other aircraft prior to our sighting. I made phone call to TRACON as requested and subsequently got a few more calls throughout the day from dept of homeland security.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A heavy jet Captain on final to EWR 4R reported an Unmanned Aircraft System near miss at 2;000 feet when the craft passed beneath their aircraft.
Narrative: Near miss with Drone; while on final approach to 04R we saw a drone about 1-200 feet below us barely off centerline of 4R. We were at 2000 feet and cleared for ILS 4R had we been 200 feet lower we would have hit the drone. It was reported by several other aircraft prior to our sighting. I made phone call to TRACON as requested and subsequently got a few more calls throughout the day from Dept of Homeland security.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.