40.7242° N, 74.1726° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Newark, NJ, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
June 11, 1989 · 14:45 local
Place
Newark, NJ
Phase of flight
Final Approach-IFR
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
CALA
Aircraft
NR771
Reported as
Boeing 737*
People aboard
5
Fatal injuries
0
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.
Citizen complaint about low flying aircraft on approach. Both flights in area within altitude limitations.
As the FAA filed it
CITIZEN COMPLAINT ABOUT LOW FLYING AIRCRAFT ON APPROACH. BOTH FLIGHTS IN AREA WITHIN ALTITUDE LIMITATIONS.