Grumman/American General AG-5B Tiger, N59WM, incident occurred on January 15, 2026, at Caldwell-Essex County Airport (CDW/KCDW), Fairfield, New Jersey

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https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=N59WM

- History of Flight:
On January 15, 2026, at about 1713 local time, a Grumman/American General AG-5B Tiger, N59WM, registered to Hudson River Wings LLC, sustained unknown damage when it was involved in an incident at Caldwell-Essex County Airport (CDW/KCDW), Fairfield, New Jersey. There were no reported injuries. The flight originated from Lincoln Park Airport (N07), Lincoln Park, New Jersey, at 1705 LT.

The FAA reported: "The airplane struck trees on landing." ADS-B data show that the airplane landed on runway 28 and taxied eventfully to the ramp. Additionally, there are no trees located directly next to the runway and taxiways at KCDW. It is most likely that the airplane struck a tree while on approach to the runway (see figure 2).

Figure 1: ADS-B exchange data of landing ran through Google Earth.

Figure 2: Trees that were noted in the aircraft's path while on approach to runway 28.