Collision in NJ
Posted: Sat Aug 07, 2004 11:15 amKINNELON, N.J. (AP) - Two small planes collided Saturday morning in New Jersey, killing at least one person and sending one aircraft plunging into the back yard of a home.
One person was trapped in a Cessna 150, but alive, after it crashed and rescue workers were trying to free that person, said Holly Baker, a spokeswoman with the Federal Aviation Administration.
The Cessna collided with a Piper PA-28 near Kinnelon, Baker said.
The Piper broke into pieces and at least one person aboard was believed to have been killed. Baker said neither plane had filed flight plans so it was not clear how many people were involved in the crash.
She said nobody on the ground was injured.
One plane crashed about 9:15 a.m. in the wooded back yard of a home across the street from John Yago's house in Kinnelon. It was unclear whether it was the Cessna or Piper.
``I walked over and all you could see when you look behind the house was the tail sticking straight up out of the ground,'' Yago said.
Yago said his wife thought she heard a noise in their home's kitchen, but he didn't hear anything as he worked on his computer. When he saw police cars arrive on the street, he went outside to see what was going on.
Yago said the aircraft he saw was a two-passenger plane and that his neighbor's home was not damaged.
One person was trapped in a Cessna 150, but alive, after it crashed and rescue workers were trying to free that person, said Holly Baker, a spokeswoman with the Federal Aviation Administration.
The Cessna collided with a Piper PA-28 near Kinnelon, Baker said.
The Piper broke into pieces and at least one person aboard was believed to have been killed. Baker said neither plane had filed flight plans so it was not clear how many people were involved in the crash.
She said nobody on the ground was injured.
One plane crashed about 9:15 a.m. in the wooded back yard of a home across the street from John Yago's house in Kinnelon. It was unclear whether it was the Cessna or Piper.
``I walked over and all you could see when you look behind the house was the tail sticking straight up out of the ground,'' Yago said.
Yago said his wife thought she heard a noise in their home's kitchen, but he didn't hear anything as he worked on his computer. When he saw police cars arrive on the street, he went outside to see what was going on.
Yago said the aircraft he saw was a two-passenger plane and that his neighbor's home was not damaged.
