Small plane crashes into New Jersey residential area, pilot dead
WOODBRIDGE TOWNSHIP: A small plane crashed into a residential area in Woodbridge Township, US state of New Jersey, on Tuesday, setting fire to three houses and killing its pilot, Xinhua news agency reported, quoting authorities.
A Cessna 414, a twin-engine, eight-seat transport aircraft, crashed into a house in Colonia, a community located within Woodbridge Township, at 11 am local time, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said in a statement on Twitter.
The pilot, the sole occupant of the plane, was killed in the crash, according to a spokesman for the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB).
Mayor of Woodbridge Township John McCormac told reporters that authorities do not believe any civilians on the ground were impacted or injured by the crash.
Nobody was in the house when the plane hit it, McCormac told Xinhua.
The house was on fire and completely destroyed and two other houses nearby also caught fire.
One person was in one of the houses but managed to escape and the fires had been quickly brought under control, McCormac said.
Though the mayor could not say for sure what had caused the crash, he pointed out “weather probably had something to do with it.”
— BERNAMA
