40.7242° N, 74.1726° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Newark, NJ, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
October 20, 1979 · 18:20 local
Place
Newark, NJ
Airport
International
Phase of flight
Final Approach-IFR
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
PAA
Aircraft
N659PA
Reported as
Boeing 747121
People aboard
238
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
16,751 total1,539 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.
Flight held and vectored longer than anticipated. Declared fuel emergency, ran out of fuel taxiing in.
As the FAA filed it
FLIGHT HELD AND VECTORED LONGER THAN ANTICIPATED. DECLARED FUEL EMERGENCY, RAN OUT OF FUEL TAXIING IN.