Widebody; Low Wing; 2 Turbojet Eng
Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Flight Crew Last 90 Days 182; Flight Crew Type 5990
Situational Awareness; Workload; Distraction
Airspace Violation All Types; Conflict NMAC; Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Published Material / Policy; Inflight Event / Encounter Other / Unknown
Flight Crew Requested ATC Assistance / Clarification
Procedure; Human Factors
Near miss with Drone; while on final approach to 04R we saw a drone about 1-200 feet below us barely off centerline of 4R. We were at 2000 feet and cleared for ILS 4R had we been 200 feet lower we would have hit the drone. It was reported by several other aircraft prior to our sighting. I made phone call to TRACON as requested and subsequently got a few more calls throughout the day from Dept of Homeland security.
A heavy jet Captain on final to EWR 4R reported an Unmanned Aircraft System near miss at 2;000 feet when the craft passed beneath their aircraft.