# Accident 20260503009619A: Boeing 767-424ER, Newark, NJ, May 3, 2026

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 3, 2026, 17:50 local time
- Place: Newark, NJ
- Airport: Newark Liberty International
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: CALA
- Location: 40.7011° N, 74.1554° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.7011&lon=-74.1554&mi=10
- Aircraft: N77066, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N77066) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 767-424ER (registry code 1385270, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-767-424er) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: GE CF6-80 series (registry code 30025, https://openairdocs.org/engine/ge-cf6-80-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 767-424ER
- Reported engine: GE CF6-80 SERIES
- People aboard: 229
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 22,893 total, 98 in this make and model, 115 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DCA26FA194](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA26FA194) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20260503009619A

## Narrative

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

ON SHORT FINAL APPROACH TO RUNWAY AT KEWR, AIRPLANE WAS LOW ON APPROACH AND STRUCK A LIGHT POLE AND SURFACE VEHICLE.  LANDED ON RUNWAY 29 AND TAXIED TO GATE. THE CAPTAIN STATED THAT HE TURNED OFF THE AUTOPILOT AND THE AUTO-THROTTLES AT APPROXIMATELY 880 FT MSL OR JUST AROUND AXELL. HE SAID THAT HE “GOT FAST” WHILE HE TURNED THE AIRPLANE INTO THE HEADWIND AND PULLED THE POWER LEVERS BACK TO COMPENSATE. THE AIRPLANE SHORTLY RETURNED TO A STABLE AIRSPEED EVEN THOUGH THE WIND GUSTS WERE PRODUCING “MODERATE TURBULENCE.”

THE CAPTAIN STATED HE HEARD THE FIRST OFFICER CALL OUT “AIRSPEED SLOW” WHILE ON SHORT FINAL (INSIDE ½ MILE). HE MENTIONED THAT HE DID NOT RECEIVE ANY WINDSHEAR ALERTS AND THAT HE ALWAYS FELT THAT THE AIRPLANE WAS IN A SAFE POSITION TO LAND. HE RESPONDED TO THE AUTOMATED 500 FT CALLOUT WITH THE STATEMENT “STABLE”.

AT 500 FT, THE FIRST OFFICER STATED, THEY WERE ON SPEED AND ON PROFILE, AND THE CAPTAIN WAS MAINTAINING HIS PLANNED PROFILE OF 3 RED AND 1 WHITE ON THE PAPI. ONCE AGAIN, THE CVR DID NOT CAPTURE ANY DISCUSSION OF PAPI LIGHTS FOR RUNWAY 29 PRIOR TO LANDING. ADDITIONALLY, THE CAPTAIN, AS THE PF, WAS LOOKING OUTSIDE THE AIRPLANE, AND THE FIRST OFFICER AS THE PM WAS “MORE COMMITTED TO BEING INSIDE THE AIRPLANE, LOOKING FOR TRENDS.”

AS THEY DESCENDED, THE AIRSPEED BEGAN TO DECAY, AND THE FIRST OFFICER RECALLED THAT HE STATED, “HEY YOU ARE SLOW,” FOLLOWED MOMENTS LATER BY, “YOU ARE STILL SLOW AND A LITTLE LOW.” THE PM THEN LOOKED BACK OUTSIDE, AND AT THAT POINT RECALLED “I THOUGHT WE WERE LOW”, HOWEVER THEY WERE JUST ABOUT TO TOUCH DOWN, AND HE DIDN’T PROCESS THE INFORMATION IN TIME TO GET A GO-AROUND CALLOUT VERBALIZED. THE AIRPLANE LANDED, TAXIED TO THE GATE, AND ALL PASSENGERS AND CREW DEPLANED NORMALLY.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB DCA26FA194](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA26FA194), May 3, 2026: Boeing 767-424ER (N77066), Newark, NJ, substantial damage, investigation ongoing

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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