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B737 captain reported sighting a small uav flying at approximately 30 feet over adjacent taxiways at ewr.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1645154 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201905 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201-1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | EWR.Airport |
| State Reference | NJ |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | B737 Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Taxi |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Captain Pilot Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Multiengine |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 103 Flight Crew Type 66 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Ground Event / Encounter Other / Unknown |
Narrative:
While sitting on taxiway a short of rk the first officer and I observed a roughly 12' drone overfly the ramp. The drone approached from the ball park and flew between gate 1 and gate 2. It was at roughly 30 feet. We advised ramp of the drone and another aircraft on frequency confirmed that they also had a visual on the drone. Upon contact with ground control we also advised them of the drone sighting.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: B737 Captain reported sighting a small UAV flying at approximately 30 feet over adjacent taxiways at EWR.
Narrative: While sitting on taxiway A short of RK the First Officer and I observed a roughly 12' drone overfly the ramp. The drone approached from the ball park and flew between Gate 1 and Gate 2. It was at roughly 30 feet. We advised Ramp of the drone and another aircraft on frequency confirmed that they also had a visual on the drone. Upon contact with Ground Control we also advised them of the drone sighting.
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.