40.7242° N, 74.1726° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Newark, NJ, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
July 20, 1981 · 09:40 local
Place
Newark, NJ
Airport
International
Phase of flight
Holding IFR
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
PEXA
Aircraft
N415PE
Reported as
Boeing 737*
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney JT8*
People aboard
81
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
5,300 total165 in this make and model165 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 Newark to boston diverted due to weather and returned to Newark with only 2300 pounds of fuel on board.
As the FAA filed it
FLIGHT NEWARK TO BOSTON DIVERTED DUE TO WEATHER AND RETURNED TO NEWARK WITH ONLY 2300 POUNDS OF FUEL ON BOARD.