# Incident 20250328020159I: Beech 77, Caldwell, NJ, March 28, 2025

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 28, 2025, 13:00 local time
- Place: Caldwell, NJ
- Airport: Essex County
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.8752° N, 74.2814° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ESSEX COUNTY (CDW), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.8752&lon=-74.2814&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1804R, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1804R) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 77 (registry code 1153007, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-77) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-235 series (registry code 41505, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 77
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-235 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 580 total, 11 in this make and model, 35 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250328020159I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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