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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Canadair CL-600-2B19 · Ewing, NJ · March 16, 2026

Date
March 16, 2026 · 19:30 local
Place
Ewing, NJ
Airport
Trenton-Mercer Airport
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
AHTA
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N719AV
Reported as
Canadair CL-600-2B19
Reported engine
GE CF34-3A1
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Airline transport
Pilot’s flight hours
5,193 total

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.

During landing approach to runway 24 at Trenton-Mercer Airport, at approximately 10-feet AGL, the aircraft encountered a sudden and severe wind disturbance or strong localized microburst, resulting in a rapid uncommanded roll displacement. This event caused the left wing to rise and the right wing to drop with the left wingtip contacting the runway surface. Post-incident maintenance inspection found superficial damage to the left wingtip (missing paint), the left winglet fairing outboard attach rib and angle cracked at the nav light fairing, the left wing nav light lens cracked, and the left winglet forward nav receptacle loose. FDR, CVR, and historical METAR data were reviewed verifying the wingshear event as attested to by the flight crew.

As the FAA filed it

DURING LANDING APPROACH TO RUNWAY 24 AT TRENTON-MERCER AIRPORT, AT APPROXIMATELY 10-FEET AGL, THE AIRCRAFT ENCOUNTERED A SUDDEN AND SEVERE WIND DISTURBANCE OR STRONG LOCALIZED MICROBURST, RESULTING IN A RAPID UNCOMMANDED ROLL DISPLACEMENT. THIS EVENT CAUSED THE LEFT WING TO RISE AND THE RIGHT WING TO DROP WITH THE LEFT WINGTIP CONTACTING THE RUNWAY SURFACE. POST-INCIDENT MAINTENANCE INSPECTION FOUND SUPERFICIAL DAMAGE TO THE LEFT WINGTIP (MISSING PAINT), THE LEFT WINGLET FAIRING OUTBOARD ATTACH RIB AND ANGLE CRACKED AT THE NAV LIGHT FAIRING, THE LEFT WING NAV LIGHT LENS CRACKED, AND THE LEFT WINGLET FORWARD NAV RECEPTACLE LOOSE. FDR, CVR, AND HISTORICAL METAR DATA WERE REVIEWED VERIFYING THE WINGSHEAR EVENT AS ATTESTED TO BY THE FLIGHT CREW.