An air carrier crew was notified by ewr tower about an earlier uas sighting. They also detected the ...

Attributes
ACN	1365558
Time
Date	201606
Local Time Of Day	0601-1200
Place
Locale Reference	EWR.Airport
State Reference	NJ
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Large Transport 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
Operating Under FAR Part	Other 107
Flight Phase	Cruise
Person 1
Function	Captain Pilot Not Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Person 2
Function	First Officer Pilot Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Experience	Flight Crew Type 423
Events
Anomaly	Airspace Violation All Types Conflict Airborne Conflict Deviation - Procedural FAR

Narrative:

While flying the ILS 22L into ewr we heard an aircraft in front of us report that 'they may have just flown past a drone'. The tower then asked us to be sure we heard the report. I was the pilot monitoring so was looking intently for the drone. At about 420 MSL the drone came into sight above and to the right of our flight path. The first officer also had it in sight and no deviations were needed. It all happened very fast and the object was quite a blur. It appeared to be brown or grey in color and the outline of circular rotor blades visible. Size; speed and direction of travel impossible to tell. It appeared stationary from my perspective but may be because of the large speed differential. We landed completely normally other than spotting the drone. We verbally reported to the tower and also were met by police who wanted a description as well.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: An air carrier crew was notified by EWR Tower about an earlier UAS sighting. They also detected the UAS at about 420 feet; but the craft's details were difficult to determine.

Narrative: While flying the ILS 22L into EWR we heard an aircraft in front of us report that 'They may have just flown past a drone'. The tower then asked us to be sure we heard the report. I was the Pilot monitoring so was looking intently for the drone. At about 420 MSL the drone came into sight above and to the right of our flight path. The FO also had it in sight and no deviations were needed. It all happened very fast and the object was quite a blur. It appeared to be brown or grey in color and the outline of circular rotor blades visible. Size; speed and direction of travel impossible to tell. It appeared stationary from my perspective but may be because of the large speed differential. We landed completely normally other than spotting the drone. We verbally reported to the tower and also were met by police who wanted a description as well.

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.

An air carrier crew was notified by ewr tower about an earlier uas sighting. They also detected the uas at about 420 feet; but the craft's details were difficult to determine.