Four Lost In New Jersey PA28 Accident | Aero-News Network
Aero-News Network
RSS icon RSS feed
podcast icon MP3 podcast
Subscribe Aero-News e-mail Newsletter Subscribe

Airborne Unlimited -- Most Recent Daily Episodes

Episode Date

Airborne-Monday

Airborne-Tuesday

Airborne-Wednesday Airborne-Thursday

Airborne-Friday

Airborne On YouTube

Airborne-Unlimited-06.02.25

Airborne-NextGen-06.03.25

AirborneUnlimited-06.04.25

Airborne-AffordableFlyers-06.05.25

AirborneUnlimited-06.06.25

Wed, May 31, 2006

Four Lost In New Jersey PA28 Accident

Witnesses Say Plane Broke Up Inflight

ANN REALTIME REPORTING 05.31.06 1900EDT: Investigators with the NTSB are rushing to the scene of the apparent inflight breakup of a Piper PA28 over Stafford Township, NJ Wednesday morning. Four people onboard the single-engine aircraft were killed.

The largest part of the wreckage fell into a wooded area near several homes, with the plane's fuselage landing near a beach-access road off the Garden State Parkway, police Captain Charles Schweigart told the Associated Press.

Witness Carla Gallo said she heard a loud whining sound, followed by an explosion.

"You just saw all these yellow and white pieces falling," Gallo said. "We didn't see the big part of the plane. We just saw the little pieces."

However, another witness to the accident told New York's WABC-TV the plane appeared largely intact just before it impacted the ground.

"They said it broke up a little bit before it got here," said Paul Fagen. "It looked pretty much intact like looking at the bottom of the airplane taking a nose dive into the woods. That's what I saw."

FAA spokesman Jim Peters reports the aircraft was registered to Aviron Aviation LLC in North Plainfield, NJ. The FAA registry database shows one aircraft listed to that company -- a 1979 PA-28-236 (file photo of type, right), tail number N48ED.

WABC reports the aircraft departed Somerset County Airport Wednesday morning.

The identities of the victims have not been released.

FMI: www.ntsb.gov, www.faa.gov

Advertisement

More News

ANN's Daily Aero-Term (06.04.25): NORDO (No Radio)

NORDO (No Radio) Aircraft that cannot or do not communicate by radio when radio communication is required are referred to as “NORDO.”>[...]

ANN's Daily Aero-Linx (06.04.25)

Aero Linx: South Carolina Aviation Association (SCAA) Airports in South Carolina support the state’s economy and are themselves economic generators. Residents, businesses, an>[...]

Airborne 06.04.25: G100UL Legal Decision, FAA v Starship, Laser Conviction

Also: AV-8B Harrier For CAF Arizona, Boeing Gets ODA, Army NG Rescue, Longitude To C. America A California Superior Court judge recently ruled that GAMI’s unleaded avgas does>[...]

Airborne-NextGen 06.03.25: Hermeus Quarterhorse, VFS Forum, VX4 eVTOL

Also: Williams International Builds Up, Marines v Drones, NBAA v Tariffs, New GAMA Members Hermeus confirmed the flight of its Quarterhorse MK 1 aircraft at the Air Force Test Cent>[...]

ANN FAQ: Q&A 101

A Few Questions AND Answers To Help You Get MORE Out of ANN! 1) I forgot my password. How do I find it? 1) Easy... click here and give us your e-mail address--we'll send it to you >[...]

blog comments powered by Disqus



Advertisement

Advertisement

Podcasts

Advertisement

© 2007 - 2025 Web Development & Design by Pauli Systems, LC