Comments on: The Lowdown. https://askthepilot.com/newark-lowdown/ THE ULTIMATE RESOURCE SITE FOR EVERYONE WHO FLIES Mon, 08 Jun 2026 00:15:20 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 By: Gimlet Winglet https://askthepilot.com/newark-lowdown/#comment-417173 Sun, 07 Jun 2026 01:21:20 +0000 https://askthepilot.com/?p=33913#comment-417173 Looking at satellite images, runway 29 has an awful lot of tire black well short of the marked aiming point. It appears it was SOP among some pilots to get down early to maximize the roll availability. Another normalization of deviance situation? At least no one was hurt in this one. Though I have to imagine those in the pointy end are enduring some tea no-biscuits meetings with higher-ups.

]]> By: Richard Mooney https://askthepilot.com/newark-lowdown/#comment-417059 Fri, 05 Jun 2026 15:24:41 +0000 https://askthepilot.com/?p=33913#comment-417059 The preliminary NTSB report states that the pilot flying (the captain, as it turns out), reported that he (report uses “he”; no name included) intended to approach with 3 red PAPI lights. To me (not a pilot, just an interested observer), that suggests that the pilot was intending to come in a bit lower than usual, presumably as you say b/c of the shortish runway.

]]> By: BigDumbDinosaur https://askthepilot.com/newark-lowdown/#comment-417026 Fri, 05 Jun 2026 05:16:02 +0000 https://askthepilot.com/?p=33913#comment-417026 “You’ve all seen the video of that United 767 hitting the light pole as it landed…”

You’ve got that all wrong!  The plane didn’t clip the pole.  The pole leaped into the air trying to hitch a ride by hanging onto the main gear.  🙂

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