Boeing 767 N178FE accident near Newark, New Jersey, March 1, 2025
Boeing 767, registration N178FE, operated by FedEx Express, was involved in an incident near Newark, New Jersey on March 1, 2025. The NTSB lists the highest injury level as none. Case DCA25FA148 is in work.
ADS-B receivers recorded 12 minutes of the flight after departing the Newark Intl area (KEWR), reaching a maximum of 0 ft. The last recorded position was at 14:09 UTC, on the ground, about 1 km from Newark Intl (KEWR).
The nearest weather report, from KEWR (1 km away), showed wind 220° at 13 knots gusting 22, visibility 6 miles or more, ceiling 14,000 ft (VFR conditions).
The aircraft is a Boeing 767 300F registered in United States (Mode S A13767).
This page reconstructs the flight from public ADS-B data for information only. The NTSB report is the authority on what happened and why.
Key facts
- Date
- March 1, 2025
- Location
- Newark, New Jersey
- Aircraft
- Boeing 767
- Registration
- N178FE
- Operator
- FedEx Express
- Injuries
- None
- NTSB case
- DCA25FA148 (In work)
- Departure area
- Newark Intl (KEWR)
- Nearest airport
- Newark Intl (KEWR)
- Recorded flight
- 12 min, max 0 ft
- Last recorded position
- 14:09 UTC, on the ground
3D flight replay
Replay the recorded flight in 3D with the weather, light and terrain at the time, flight instruments reconstructed from the aircraft's ADS-B transmissions, and automatically detected events.
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Sources: NTSB case DCA25FA148; ADS-B flight data from adsb.lol (ODbL); weather from NOAA / Iowa Environmental Mesonet and Open-Meteo.