# Incident 19980524037969I: Princeton, NJ, May 24, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 24, 1998, 15:00 local time
- Place: Princeton, NJ
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Touch And Go Landing
- Operating rules: Parachute jumping (Part 105)
- Location: 40.3582° N, 74.6667° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Princeton, NJ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.3582&lon=-74.6667&mi=10
- Aircraft: NONE (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported engine: ROTAX ROTAX503
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,500 total, 1,500 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980524037969I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

(-23) THREE PILOTS FLYING ULTRA LIGHT AIRCRAFT WERE PERFORMING TOUCH AND GO LANDINGS ON CAREGIE LAKE IN PRINCETON, NJ. THE FIRST TWO AIRCRAFT SUCCESSFULLY ACCOMPLISHED A TOUCH AND GO, THE THIRD PILOT WAS CAUGHT IN THE PROP WASH. AIRCRAFT VEERED LEFT, CLIPPED TREES AND TUMBLED INTO THE DELAWARE RIVER CANAL, TEN FEET UNDER THE WATER. PILOT ESCAPED WITH MINOR INJURIES.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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