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B767 captain reported that during final approach to ewr runway 4R they encountered a drone within 100 feet of the aircraft.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1468912 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201707 |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601-1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | EWR.Airport |
| State Reference | NJ |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | B767 Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Final Approach |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Captain Pilot Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Experience | Flight Crew Type 1001 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Conflict NMAC Inflight Event / Encounter Object |
| Miss Distance | Horizontal 100 |
Narrative:
We were on the ewr ILS 4R approach; in visual conditions. Tower notified all traffic; that there were several reports of a drone at 1000 ft near the linden area. We had an first officer; who was in the jumpseat; was dedicated to watching out for the drone. At 850 ft; over the refinery; on the left side of the aircraft; the first officer spotted a white drone. He said; 'oh my gosh that was close. That's a near miss'. It was within 100 ft from our aircraft. We notified ATC immediately of the near miss. First officer in the right seat and I were focused forward and never saw the drone. He asked if tower notified anyone about the drone. ATC remarked that they had called 4 times. We did not notify dispatch in a timely manner. It was a few hours after we landed that they were notified.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: B767 Captain reported that during final approach to EWR Runway 4R they encountered a drone within 100 feet of the aircraft.
Narrative: We were on the EWR ILS 4R approach; in visual conditions. Tower notified all traffic; that there were several reports of a drone at 1000 ft near the Linden area. We had an FO; who was in the jumpseat; was dedicated to watching out for the drone. At 850 ft; over the refinery; on the left side of the aircraft; the FO spotted a white drone. He said; 'Oh my gosh that was close. That's a near miss'. It was within 100 ft from our aircraft. We notified ATC immediately of the near miss. FO in the right seat and I were focused forward and never saw the drone. He asked if tower notified anyone about the drone. ATC remarked that they had called 4 times. We did not notify dispatch in a timely manner. It was a few hours after we landed that they were notified.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.