40.7242° N, 74.1726° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Newark, NJ, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
March 16, 1978 · 14:55 local
Place
Newark, NJ
Airport
Municipal
Phase of flight
To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N966L
Reported as
AMD Falcon
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
4,500 total3,500 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days
From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.
What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Engine quit after liftoff & loud noise. Pilot could not restart. Found to be bird injestion.
As the FAA filed it
ENGINE QUIT AFTER LIFTOFF & LOUD NOISE. PILOT COULD NOT RESTART. FOUND TO BE BIRD INJESTION.