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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna C172 · Linden, NJ · May 2, 2026

Date
May 2, 2026 · 15:36 local
Place
Linden, NJ
Airport
Linden
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N38PD
Reported as
Cessna C172
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
141 total36 in this make and model7 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.

On 05/02/2026 at approximately 1530 hours after landing runway 27 the aircraft veered left off the runway hitting a VASI light and came to a stop mid field between the runway and taxiway with the engine running. An observer approched the aircraft and rendered assistance by extracating the pilot who appeared to have been experiencing a medical episode. The observer then shut down the engine. Emergengy medical services were contacted and the pilot was transported to the hospital for continued treatment.

As the FAA filed it

ON 05/02/2026 AT APPROXIMATELY 1530 HOURS AFTER LANDING RUNWAY 27 THE AIRCRAFT VEERED LEFT OFF THE RUNWAY HITTING A VASI LIGHT AND CAME TO A STOP MID FIELD BETWEEN THE RUNWAY AND TAXIWAY WITH THE ENGINE RUNNING. AN OBSERVER APPROCHED THE AIRCRAFT AND RENDERED ASSISTANCE BY EXTRACATING THE PILOT WHO APPEARED TO HAVE BEEN EXPERIENCING A MEDICAL EPISODE.THE OBSERVER THEN SHUT DOWN THE ENGINE. EMERGENGY MEDICAL SERVICES WERE CONTACTED AND THE PILOT WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE HOSPITAL FOR CONTINUED TREATMENT.