An air carrier pilot reported a near midair collision with a drone.

Attributes
ACN	1677360
Time
Date	201908
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	B737 Next Generation Undifferentiated
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Climb Takeoff
Flight Plan	IFR
Aircraft 2
Make Model Name	UAV - Unpiloted Aerial Vehicle
Flight Phase	Other unknown
Person 1
Function	Pilot Not Flying First Officer
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Multiengine
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 237.2 Flight Crew Total 2220.07 Flight Crew Type 2220.07
Events
Anomaly	Conflict NMAC

Narrative:

Upon departure from ZZZ; observed small quad-copter type drone colored red and black pass overhead our aircraft while climbing through approximately 900 feet MSL. Estimated within 50 feet directly over our departure path. Reported the sighting immediately to tower before switching to departure frequency. Remainder of flight uneventful.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: An air carrier pilot reported a NMAC with a drone.

Narrative: Upon departure from ZZZ; observed small quad-copter type drone colored red and black pass overhead our aircraft while climbing through approximately 900 feet MSL. Estimated within 50 feet directly over our departure path. Reported the sighting immediately to Tower before switching to departure frequency. Remainder of flight uneventful.

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.