40.7242° N, 74.1726° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Newark, NJ, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
November 26, 1979 · 18:09 local
Place
Newark, NJ
Airport
International
Phase of flight
Descent
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
AAL
Aircraft
N8433
Reported as
Boeing 707/
People aboard
80
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
0 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.
Aircraft hit updraft followed by downdraft during landing approach. Turbulence resulted in injuries to 3 people.
As the FAA filed it
AIRCRAFT HIT UPDRAFT FOLLOWED BY DOWNDRAFT DURING LANDING APPROACH. TURBULENCE RESULTED IN INJURIES TO 3 PEOPLE.