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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Beech 77 · Caldwell, NJ · March 28, 2025

Date
March 28, 2025 · 13:00 local
Place
Caldwell, NJ
Airport
Essex County
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N1804R
Reported as
Beech 77
Reported engine
Lycoming 0-235 series
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Commercial pilot, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours
580 total11 in this make and model35 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

While landing at cdw on runway 22, as stated by the pilot in command, he lost directional control of the aircraft due to gusting winds incurring a tail strike, the aircraft departed the right side of the runway and hit two runway edge lights causing minor damage to the aircraft.

As the FAA filed it

WHILE LANDING AT CDW ON RUNWAY 22, AS STATED BY THE PILOT IN COMMAND, HE LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT DUE TO GUSTING WINDS INCURRING A TAIL STRIKE, THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY AND HIT TWO RUNWAY EDGE LIGHTS CAUSING MINOR DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT.