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EX500rider

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17. This was posted at Airliners.net:

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Tue May 5, 2026, 05:36 PM

17 hrs ago

The VASI for RWY 29 is 3.0° and crosses the threshold (Threshold Crossing Height, or TCH) at 60 feet AGL.

The nearest light pole to the threshold is approximately .1 mile, or 528 feet.

Using the formula H = 60 + (528 x tan(3.0°)), we can determine that the aircraft should’ve been approximately 90 feet AGL (87 to be exact) at the position of the light pole

That seems pretty low to be flying over a turnpike, yikes!
And at 90AGL, how low are the bottom of the tires on the main gear?

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United flight strikes light pole, damages truck while landing in Newark [View all] mahatmakanejeeves Sunday OP

Are they servinng hard liquor cocktails in the plane cockpits now ? magicarpet Sunday #1

The plane's tires brushed the TOP of the truck. They say God helped the safe landing. bucolic_frolic Sunday #2

Those pilots should lose their licenses IMO... wcmagumba Sunday #3

I'll bet the people working ATC at the time will have a few tapes played back DFW Sunday #4

Well, yes, I was also thinking ATC as the culprit. ananda Monday #8

NTSB to investigate United plane that struck pole on NJ Turnpike mahatmakanejeeves Monday #5

This message was self-deleted by its author mahatmakanejeeves Monday #6

Severe down drafts/wind shear about the only reason that isn't pilot error EX500rider Monday #7

That and faulty ILS equipment (ground or plane) Angleae 19 hrs ago #10

Yeah except it's obvious in the vid that the conditions are VFR. They knew they were low Bengus81 19 hrs ago #11

In other words, they're dumbshits. Angleae 18 hrs ago #12

That runway, #29 at Newark is visual approach only, no ILS, PAPI lights only (Precision Approach Path Indicator) EX500rider 18 hrs ago #13

So they would have been getting red lights on the PAPI all the way in Bengus81 17 hrs ago #14

Going to be a interesting CVR, somebody should have been questioning whether this was a stable approach or not.. EX500rider 17 hrs ago #15

You ever watch that Captain Steeve on YouTube? Excellent analysis of incidents Bengus81 2 hrs ago #18

Yeah him, and blankalario or whatever his name is EX500rider 50 min ago #19

We should wait for the full investigation. It's possible that the bakery truck was flying too high! lol EX500rider 17 hrs ago #16

Ex-Navy pilot thought the truck was an Aircraft Carrier. Wonder Why Monday #9

This was posted at Airliners.net: EX500rider 17 hrs ago #17