2 injured after small U.S. Coast Guard plane crashes into trees in Cresskill, NJ
Shannon Sohn is above the scene in NewsCopter7. (Photo courtesy Instagram user @LoveKpFs)
Thursday, September 03, 2015 06:40PM
CRESSKILL, N.J. (WABC) -- A small plane with the U.S. Coast Coast Guard crash landed in Bergen County, New Jersey, injuring the two people on board.
It happened just before 5 p.m. Thursday at Regan Field right behind the Cresskill Community Center at 100 3rd Street.
The FAA said a small plane, Cessna 172, had a crash landing into trees in Cresskill.
The U.S. Coast Guard said this plane was an Auxiliary Aircraft flown by USCG volunteers. It was on official business for the Coast Guard, taking a survey of the Hudson River. Two people were on board and were injured, but both are expected to survive.
The plane took off at about 4:30 p.m. out of Linden Airport in New Jersey.
The Palisades Interstate Parkway Police Department posted this photo on Twitter:
And Instagram user @LoveKpFs posted this video:
Radio traffic indicated that the plane was having engine failure and was trying to make it to Teterboro Airport, but it did not make it.
One man was taken from the plane on a stretcher. It appeared that he was moving. NewsCopter 7 captured video of the rescue efforts:
This is a wide view of the scene from NewsCopter 7:
Stay with abc7NY for the latest on this developing story.
| Date: | 03-SEP-2015 |
| Time: | 16:43 |
| Type: |  Cessna R172K Hawk XP |
| Owner/operator: | Black Sheep Aviation LLC |
| Registration: | N758DK |
| C/n / msn: | R1723011 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Airplane damage: | Substantial |
| Location: | Bergen County, Cresskill, New Jersey -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
Following a loss of engine power, the aircraft force landed to open field terrain in Cresskill, New Jersey. The airplane came to rest upright in surrounding trees, sustaining substantial damage. The two occupants onboard the aircraft received undetermined injuries. Sources:
http://abc7ny.com/news/2-injured-after-small-uscg-plane-crashes-into-trees-in-nj/968860/
https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=179253 http://www.nj.com/bergen/index.ssf/2015/09/small_plane_crash_lands_in_bergen_county_reports_say.html
http://nypost.com/2015/09/03/small-plane-crash-lands-in-new-jersey-field/