United B738 and Expressjet E145 at Newark on Apr 24th 2014, near collision close to ground

A United Boeing 737-800, registration N77520 performing flight UA-1243 from San Francisco,CA to Newark,NJ (USA), was on final approach to Newark's runway 29 descending through about 400 feet AGL at about 15:02L (19:02Z).

An Expressjet Embraer ERJ-145 on behalf of United, registration N11176 performing flight EV-4100/UA-4100 from Newark,NJ to Memphis,TN (USA), was rotating for takeoff from runway 04R at the same time.

At that point tower instructed UA-1243 to go around and instructed EV-4100 to maintain visual separation to the traffic to their right. The Embraer crew stopped the climb close to ground reporting they "took the nose down" and "he is real close" restating upon hand off to departure "it was really close".

The Boeing positioned for another approach and landed safely at Newark about 11 minutes later. The Embraer reached Memphis without further incident for a safe landing there, too.

The FAA opened an investigation into the possible loss of separation erroneously stating flight UA-29 was involved.

Metars:

KEWR 242051Z 33023KT 10SM FEW250 17/M13 A2988 RMK AO2 SLP119 T01721133 56003 $

KEWR 241951Z 34022KT 10SM FEW250 17/M12 A2988 RMK AO2 SLP119 T01671122 $

KEWR 241851Z 34024KT 10SM FEW250 17/M11 A2988 RMK AO2 SLP118 T01721111 $

KEWR 241751Z 34022KT 10SM FEW250 16/M12 A2989 RMK AO2 SLP122 T01611117 10161 20072 58013 $

KEWR 241651Z 34023KT 10SM SCT250 16/M11 A2991 RMK AO2 SLP127 T01561111 $

Aerodrome Chart (Graphics: FAA):