Sun, Aug 08, 2004
Cessna lands in back yard of home in Kinnelon (NJ), both pilots
killed, no pax
A Cessna 150 and a Piper PA-28 that had both taken off from
Caldwell (NJ) collided in a mid-air Saturday morning over New
Jersey, killing two people. One of the aircraft landed in the
backyard of a home. ANN had originally received news that one
survivor was still trapped in the wreck of the 150 and rescue
workers were trying to free that person from the crash, said Holly
Baker, FAA spokesperson.
However, it now appears that both the pilots of the
aircraft have died, and they had no passengers in either
of the airplanes. No one on the ground was injured.
The names of the pilots have not been released, but ANN has
determined that one of the aircraft, the Cessna, N6186F, a 1973
C150L, is registered to a partnership. One of the owners of record
is Eric A. Myerwold, of Bogota (NJ).
The mid-air occurred over Butler (NJ), and the Piper immediately
broke up, said Baker. According to the FAA, neither aircraft had
filed flight plans. One of the aircraft, presumably the Cessna,
from the description given by an eyewitness and from television
news report images, landed in the backyard of a home in Kinnelon at
around 0915. The crash site was across the street from an
eyewitness, John Yago. The wreckage of the other aircraft was
located some time later, but the Piper had suffered much more
damage -- so much so that the cabin was virtually
unrecognizable.
"I walked over and all you could see when you look behind the
house was the tail (of the Cessna) sticking straight up out of
the ground," Yago said. He told reporters that his wife said she
thought she heard a noise in their kitchen, but he didn't hear
anything from where he was working on his computer. He only went
outside to see what was going on after he saw the police arrive
across the street. Yago added that his neighbor's home was not
damaged.
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