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Plane Crash: Home in New Jersey Hit by Cessna Plane Crash: Home in New Jersey Hit by Cessna
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A small plane crashed on Tuesday morning into a house in a suburban New Jersey town and burst into flames, federal officials said. A small plane crashed into a house in a suburban New Jersey town and burst into flames on Tuesday morning, federal officials said.
The Cessna 414 crashed into the home in Colonia around 11 a.m., according to the Federal Aviation Administration. Two homes were on fire, and all available fire units were at the scene of the crash, according to the Colonia Fire Department. The plane, a Cessna 414, crashed into the home in Colonia around 11 a.m., according to the Federal Aviation Administration. Two homes erupted in flames, according to the Colonia Fire Department.
A local official said that no one on the ground was injured, and that only a pilot had been aboard the plane. A local official said that no one on the ground near the crash, on Berkley Avenue, was injured, and that only a pilot had been aboard the plane.
Mayor John McCormac of Woodbridge Township, which includes Colonia, said near the scene of the crash, on Berkley Avenue, that the plane came from Virginia and had been heading to Linden, N.J. Mayor John McCormac of Woodbridge Township, which includes Colonia, said the plane had come from Virginia and had been heading to Linden, N.J.
Officials at Linden Airport, a small municipal airport about five miles from Colonia, said they had no additional information about the plane or the crash. “We don’t believe any civilians on the ground were impacted by the crash,” Mr. McCormac told NBC News.
The plane went down in a quiet residential neighborhood, not far from an elementary school. Officials at Linden Airport, a small municipal airport about five miles from Colonia, said they had no additional information about the plane or the crash. Colonia is about 25 miles south of Midtown Manhattan.
The F.A.A. said investigators were headed to the scene of the crash. The Cessna went down in a quiet residential neighborhood, not far from an elementary school. Hours later, neighbors were still standing on front lawns and under tents that were set up by emergency workers. The second floor of one of the homes appeared to have been fully consumed by fire.
“The house is half-missing, and it’s all black,” said David Kaca, 19, who returned home from class at Seton Hall University to find the neighborhood filled with smoke.
The F.A.A. said investigators were headed to Colonia to try to determine what had caused the accident.