# Incident 20230802011369I: Airbus A321, Newark, NJ, August 2, 2023

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 2, 2023, 09:57 local time
- Place: Newark, NJ
- Airport: Newark
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: Foreign air carrier (Part 129)
- Operator: 6DJF
- 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: F-HBUZ (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: AIRBUS A321
- People aboard: 0
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230802011369I

## Narrative

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

ENGLISH TRANSLATION :

ON RADAR APPROACH TO KEWR ILS 04R, ON LOC INTERCEPTION HEADING, CONTROLLER REQUESTS DESCENT FROM 4000FT TO 3000 FT. PASSING 3500 FT, HE REQUESTS IMMEDIATE STABILIZATION AT 3500 FT. THE PF TAKES THE FOLLOWING ACTION:

"PUSH VS TO LEVEL OFF". AT THE SAME TIME, THE CONTROLLER ASKS TO CLIMB TO 4000 FT.

THE PF DISPLAYS 4000 FT ON THE FMA AND NOTICES TRAFFIC AT 01H 300FT HIGH. THE CLIMB ORDER BEING HE DISCONNECTS THE AP TO AVOID CLIMBING TO 4000FT. HE THEN ENGAGES THE AP/FD TCAS WITH THE RESOLUTION ADVISORY RA "DESCEND NOW". THE PM ANNOUNCES ON THE RADIO "TCAS RA". THE PF IMMEDIATELY EXECUTES

RA ORDER AND STABILIZES AT 3200 FT, ALTITUDE HELD UNTIL LOC INTERCEPTION. ONCE "CLEAR OF CONFLICT" WITHOUT FURTHER COMMENT, ATC CLEARS US TO ILS 04R. THE MINIMUM ALTITUDE DIFFERENCE REPORTED BETWEEN OUR AIRCRAFT AND THE CONFLICTING AIRCRAFT ON TCAS WAS 200 FT.

ONCE LANDED, WE CONTACTED ATC FOR INFORMATION ON THE AIRCRAFT AND EXPLANATIONS OF THE SEQUENCE.

THE AIRCRAFT WAS REGISTRATION ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, TYPE BONANZA FLYING VFR FROM SCHENECTADY TO OLD BRIDGE.

THE APPROACH CONTROLLER REPORTS THE FAULT TO VFR CONTROL.

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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