- Date
- March 17, 2026, 20:17 local (Mar 18, 2026, 00:17 UTC)
- Place
- Newark, NJ · Airspace over the intersection of approach ends of RWY 22L and RWY 29
- Injuries
- 183 uninjured
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Defining events
- Landing-flare/touchdown: Near midair/TCAS alert/loss of separationApproach-IFR missed approach: Near midair/TCAS alert/loss of separation
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night
- Status
- Investigation ongoing
- Investigation class
- Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office
- Operational Factors Division
- Parties
- NATCA - PC, FAA - PC, Alaska Airlines - OPS Group, Alaska Airlines - PC, FAA - OPS Group, ALPA - PC, ALPA - OPS Group, FAA - ATC Group, NATCA - ATC Group
- Case key
- 202668
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the incident.
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Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident.
N738AL · Boeing 737-9
Near midair/TCAS alert/loss of separationDefining eventN853FD · Boeing 777-FS2
Near midair/TCAS alert/loss of separationDefining eventAircraft · 2
- Registration
- N738AL
- Reported as
- Boeing 737-9
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 68519
- Built
- 2025
- Airframe hours
- 3,078.9
- Damage
- No damage
- Flight
- Part 121
- Operator
- Alaska Airlines Inc
- Registered owner
- Alaska Airlines Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Transport
- Last inspection
- Continuous airworthiness · March 15, 2026
- Departed
- PDX · Portland, OR
- Destination
- Same as departure
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- EWR · Newark Liberty Intl
- Equipment
- Stall warning system, Onboard weather, Heads up display, Electronic primary flight display, Electronic multifunction display, Electronic flight bag or handheld device, Data recorder, Auto-pilot, Angle of attack indicator, ADS-B
N738ALRegistered now · Boeing 737-9Airframe modelBoeing 737-9Engine modelCFM International LEAP-1B28 series
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
- Registration
- N853FD
- Reported as
- Boeing 777-FS2
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 37724
- Built
- 2009
- Damage
- No damage
- Flight
- Part 121
- Operator
- Federal Express Corp
- Registered owner
- Federal Express Corp
- Airworthiness certificate
- Unknown
- Departed
- MEM · Memphis, TN
- Destination
- Same as departure
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Equipment
- ADS-B
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night
- Wind
- 260° at 16 knots, gusting 22
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 7,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 36 °F, dew point 10 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.03 inHg
- Icing
- Unknown
- Turbulence
- Unknown
- Observed at
- KEWR, 1 nm away
- METAR
- METAR KEWR 172351Z 26016G22KT 10SM FEW055 BKN070 BKN250 02/M12 A3003 RMK AO2 PK WND 26026/2304 SLP170 VIRGA T00221117 10061 20022 53038 $