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Here are some charts I made comparing UAL169 to other flights making the same approach to runway 29 that day, including 3 other aircraft of the same type.
A 3D Google Earth visualization displaying the flight approach paths of numerous aircraft descending toward Newark Airport's Runway 29 over Newark Bay and the surrounding industrial landscape. Over a hundred background flights are traced in semi-transparent white lines, creating a tight funnel. Four specific Boeing 767-400 flight tracks are highlighted in bold colors: red, blue, green, and orange. The red track represents the UAL169 incident flight. A close-up, zoomed-in view of the altitude approach chart focusing on the final 0.4 nautical miles before the Runway 29 threshold. A vertical dashed line marks the exact location of the New Jersey Turnpike (I-95) at roughly 0.11 nautical miles out. Large colored callout circles indicate the precise crossing altitudes of the four highlighted flights over the highway: UAL1173 crossed at 107 feet (orange), UAL509 at 86 feet (green), UAL121 at 73 feet (blue), and the UAL169 incident flight crossed at a significantly lower altitude of just 54 feet (red), placing it near the bottom edge of all 116 recorded tracks for that day. A data chart titled "KEWR RWY 29 — all arrivals 2026-05-03 (116 other tracks in gray, 4 B764s highlighted)." The graph plots Altitude in feet (MSL) on the vertical axis against the Distance from the Runway 29 threshold in nautical miles on the horizontal axis. While 116 baseline arrivals are shown as faint gray lines tightly clustered along a standard 3-degree glideslope, four specific United Airlines flights are highlighted: UAL509 (green), UAL121 (blue), UAL1173 (orange), and the UAL169 incident flight (red). The red line visibly sags below most of the pack and the standard glideslope line as it approaches within 1.0 nautical miles of the runway.
June 6, 2026 at 3:48 PM
lemonodor.bsky.social
Here's the preliminary NTSB report on UAL169, which struck a lamppost on the NJ turnpike while landing on runway 29 at EWR.
www.ntsb.gov/investigatio...
A screenshot featuring two diagrams from a preliminary NTSB report regarding United Airlines Flight 169. The top diagram, labeled "Figure 3," is a Google Earth aerial view detailing the airplane's flight path over the New Jersey Turnpike toward the approach end of Newark's Runway 29. The path includes plotted timestamps and altitudes above ground level (AGL). A yellow arrow highlights a "15 ft high Light post" on the turnpike. Between the timestamps 1350:04 and 1350:05, the aircraft descends from 19 ft AGL to 18 ft AGL, passing directly over the light post. A caption clarifies that the turnpike is 5 feet higher than the runway. The airplane touches down at 1350:12 at 0 ft AGL. The bottom diagram is a line graph charting both Altitude (in feet) and Speed (in knots) against Time (EDT in hours and minutes) from 13:46 to 13:50. The graph contains four traces plotted across several waypoints (IZEKO, PRYRR, JIMLO, AFISK, AXELL, NOWAY): Flight Data Recorder (FDR) corrected pressure altitude in red, ADS-B groundspeed in green, FDR airspeed in solid blue, and Programmed target airspeed in dashed blue.
June 6, 2026 at 3:40 PM
lemonodor.bsky.social
I charted the altitudes of all the approaches to that runway that day. Colored lines are 767-400ERs, red is the incident aircraft. It does look like one of the less stable approaches of the day.
Chart showing the altitude profiles of every aircraft landing on KEWR RWY 29 on 2026-05-03. Red is the incident aircraft. Colored lines are other 767-400ERs. Gray is all others. The chart shows UAL169 was ~100 feet higher than most other aircraft at 1.5 miles from the runway threshold. Only 2 aircraft out of 119 were higher. Altitude is barometric altitude from ADS-B data as reported by ADS-B Exchange.com. Altitudes were corrected for barometric pressure as reported in METARs--pressure was linearly interpolated between the METARs bracketing each approach. Chart showing the altitude profiles of every aircraft landing on KEWR RWY 29 on 2026-05-03, zoomed in on the portion of the approach that crosses the I-95 turnpike. Red is the incident aircraft. Colored lines are other 767-400ERs. Gray is all others. The chart shows UAL169 was at the low end of the distribution. Altitude is barometric altitude from ADS-B data as reported by ADS-B Exchange.com. Altitudes were corrected for barometric pressure as reported in METARs--pressure was linearly interpolated between the METARs bracketing each approach.
May 4, 2026 at 4:12 PM
klimchuk.bsky.social
Normal approach shows 150ft (+/- 25ft) above I-95, UAL169 was 75ft lower
May 3, 2026 at 10:41 PM
claus.bsky.social
This is the flight data for #UAL169 into Newark EWR - compared to the flights directly after them (flightradar24)
May 4, 2026 at 6:59 PM
mexiconews.bsky.social
UAL169 Boeing 767 COLLIDES With Light Pole and Truck | Captain Steeeve

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May 5, 2026 at 12:27 AM
aboveedxw.de
#UAL169: United Airlines (#Boeing 767 424ER • N69063)
7.5 km out at 32000 ft - heading NW with 997.7 km/h. VCE ➜ EWR
https://globe.adsb.fi/?icao=A92DFC
https://www.jetphotos.com/photo/keyword/N69063
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November 30, 2025 at 11:28 AM
dobdaruk.bsky.social
2026-08-24 12:08:39 Emergency squawk detected from aircraft N76062 (Boeing 767-424ER) with ICAO24 aa44cd, flight number UAL169 , squawk 7700, and emergency general
August 24, 2026 at 11:08 AM
nbbluesky.bsky.social
Saint John - Aircraft within 15km: Flight UAL169 at 36000 feet #SaintJohn #Aircraft
Flight path near Saint John
August 15, 2026 at 4:50 PM
abovearth.bsky.social
ICAO: #A92DDF
Owner: #UNITEDAIRLINES
Flt: #UAL169 #N69059 #B764 #VCE-#EWR
Time: 2026-08-14 11:50:11 CEST
Min Alt: 9138 m
Min Dist: 1.77 km (29deg NNE)
Squawk: #7510
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August 14, 2026 at 9:55 AM
nbbluesky.bsky.social
Saint John - Aircraft within 15km: Flight UAL169 at 36000 feet #SaintJohn #Aircraft
Flight path near Saint John
July 23, 2026 at 4:40 PM
abovearth.bsky.social
ICAO: #AA44AC
Owner: #UNITEDAIRLINES
Flt: #UAL169 #N76054 #B764 #VCE-#EWR
Time: 2026-07-23 11:56:44 CEST
Min Alt: 9138 m
Min Dist: 0.97 km (-163deg SSW)
Squawk: #2746
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July 23, 2026 at 10:02 AM
nbbluesky.bsky.social
Saint John - Aircraft within 15km: Flight UAL169 at 34175 feet, Flight POE204 at 30000 feet #SaintJohn #Aircraft
Flight path near Saint John
July 8, 2026 at 4:40 PM
aboveedxw.de
#UAL169: United Airlines (#Boeing 767 424ER • N59053)
9.0 km out at 32000 ft - heading NW with 982.9 km/h. VCE ➜ EWR
https://globe.adsb.fi/?icao=A7A08A
https://www.jetphotos.com/photo/keyword/N59053
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June 10, 2026 at 10:51 AM
aboveedxw.de
#UAL169: United Airlines (#Boeing 767 424ER • N66051)
16.8 km out at 32975 ft - heading NW with 987.8 km/h. VCE ➜ EWR
https://globe.adsb.fi/?icao=A8B75A
https://www.jetphotos.com/photo/keyword/N66051
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June 4, 2026 at 10:35 AM
kx1t-test.bsky.social
ICAO: #A8B75A
Owner: #UNITEDAIRLINES
Flt: #UAL169 #N66051 #B764 #VCE-#EWR
Time: 2026-04-27 13:01:45 EDT
Min Alt: 23050 ft
Min Dist: 2.8 nm (-47deg NW)

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April 27, 2026 at 5:08 PM
ben.tootblan.com
it hit and bend a light. x.com/patrickoyulu...
frame from a video shot on a highway showing the top of UAL169 behind a concrete wall. A light is bend over and lying on the railing.
May 3, 2026 at 11:54 PM
abovearth.bsky.social
ICAO: #A92DFC
Owner: #UNITEDAIRLINES
Flt: #UAL169 #N69063 #B764 #VCE-#EWR
Time: 2026-05-19 12:13:50 CEST
Min Alt: 9138 m
Min Dist: 1.4 km (-127deg SW)
Squawk: #7524
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May 19, 2026 at 10:19 AM
abovearth.bsky.social
#Planefence ICAO: A92DDF
Flt: UAL169 #UNITEDAIRLINES #VCE - #EWR
First seen: 2026-04-17 11:57:54 CEST
Min Alt: 7711 m AGL
Min Dist: 0.87 km
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April 17, 2026 at 10:00 AM
abovearth.bsky.social
#Planefence ICAO: A92DDF
Flt: UAL169 #UNITEDAIRLINES #VCE - #EWR
First seen: 2025-12-14 11:37:19 CET
Min Alt: 7711 m AGL
Min Dist: 0.97 km
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December 14, 2025 at 10:40 AM
abovearth.bsky.social
#Planefence ICAO: A8B760
Flt: UAL169 #UNITEDAIRLINES #VCE - #EWR
First seen: 2025-09-29 11:49:20 CEST
Min Alt: 7711 m AGL
Min Dist: 1.05 km
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September 29, 2025 at 9:52 AM
radarmechelen.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy
Flight: #ual169
Registration: N66051
ICAO code: #a8b75a
Callsign: #united
Operator: United Airlines
Type: 767-424ER
Country: 🇺🇸
From: #vce to #ewr
Speed: 820 kmh
Altitude: 9144 m
Distance: 7.2 km
Angle ∆: 51.6°
Direction ->: NW
Track:
https://tinyurl.com/2bchxe2v
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September 13, 2025 at 10:47 AM
radarmechelen.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy
Flight: #ual169
Registration: N67058
ICAO code: #a8dee0
Callsign: #united
Operator: United Airlines
Type: 767-424ER
Country: 🇺🇸
From: #vce to #ewr
Speed: 792 kmh
Altitude: 9754 m
Distance: 6.1 km
Angle ∆: 57.9°
Direction ->: WNW
Track:
https://tinyurl.com/26sbmyxr
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April 24, 2025 at 11:01 AM
radarmechelen.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy
Flight: #ual169
Registration: N59053
ICAO code: #a7a08a
Callsign: #united
Operator: United Airlines
Type: 767-424ER
Country: 🇺🇸
From: #vce to #ewr
Speed: 860 kmh
Altitude: 9754 m
Distance: 1.6 km
Angle ∆: 80.6°
Direction ->: WNW
Track:
https://tinyurl.com/2a7j4vqu
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April 22, 2025 at 10:32 AM
nbbluesky.bsky.social
Saint John - Aircraft within 15km: Flight UAL169 at 36000 feet #SaintJohn #Aircraft
Flight path near Saint John
May 11, 2026 at 4:50 PM