# Incident 19981023034319I: Boeing 737824, Newark, NJ, October 23, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 23, 1998, 20:28 local time
- Place: Newark, NJ
- Airport: Newark International
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: CALA
- Location: 40.7242° N, 74.1726° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Newark, NJ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.7242&lon=-74.1726&mi=10
- Aircraft: UNKNOWN (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 737824
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19981023034319I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

FLT ARRIVED ON FINAL APPROACH WITH 5200# OF FUEL (FLT PLAN FOD WAS 8900#) PIC REP. SPACING WAS TOO CLOSE TO A CAL 757-FLT 522. FLT 122 WAS SENT AROUNDSUBSEQUENTLY, NUMEROUS VECTORS WERE GIVEN BY EWR DEP. CONT. WHICH RESULTED IN A LOW FUEL STATE. DECLARED LOW FUEL STATE EMERGENCY. A/C ARRIVED AT GATE WITH 2400#. (ABOVE NARRTIVE FROM 8020-23)

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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