Cessna 172P Skyhawk, N5404K, Raritan Valley Flying School

 

Plane that landed on Bay Head beach late Sun. afternoon 

(December 23, 2012) 

Credit Barnegat Bay Island 

Equipment starting to move the small plane that landed on Bay Head beach Sun. afternoon.

 Credit Max Lindeman on Barnegat Bay Island 

 

A plane making an emergency landing on the beach in Bay Head hit debris under the sand on Sunday and flipped over. Neither the pilot nor a passenger were hurt, police said. 

Photo courtesy of Sgt. Todd LaRue, Bay Head Police

No one was injured when a small plane landed on a Bay Head beach near Johnson Street at about 3:30 p.m. Sunday, authorities said.

Two people walked away from the small plane that landed on the beach and to an ambulance where they were checked, said Bay Head Assistant Fire Chief Joe Todisco at the firehouse on Bridge Avenue in Bay Head.

"I asked the pilot if we should be concerned about fuel in the wings and he said, 'I wouldn't worry about it, it's pretty empty,' " said Todisco, adding he did not know the name of the pilot or passenger.

The plane had departed from an airport in Princeton and the two aboard were checked by the Point Pleasant First Aid and Emergency Squad and were found to be unharmed, officials said.

State police and police, fire and first aid squads from Bay Head, Mantoloking Point Beach and Point Borough responded to the scene. A crew removed the plane through an entry point on the beach at Williams Avenue in Mantoloking, Todisco said.

Todisco said he believes police are having the wings removed from the plane so they can transport it elsewhere.

"I don't know where they're taking it," he said.

After the plane was removed, authorities had it in a section of East Avenue, which is parallel to Route 35, which is restricted to the public and blocked off by National Guard due to damage caused by Superstorm Sandy.
 
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 BAY HEAD — A small plane crashed along the beach in Bay Head about 3:30 p.m. Sunday, police said.   The small Cessna-style plane — which was flying northbound along the coast — experienced engine trouble and glided down to land on the beach near Johnson Street, said Lt. Geoffrey W. Barger of the Bay Head Police Department.

During the landing, it struck debris under the sand and flipped over, Barger said. Police said the pilot and a passenger — who were not identified — escaped the craft without injuries.   “Right now we’re in the process of removing the plane from a beach because of the tide moving in,” Barger said.   The Federal Aviation Administration has been notified and an examination of the craft will be performed, he said.

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BAY HEAD, N.J. (AP) — Two people escaped injury when a small plane crashed on a beach in southern New Jersey.  The crash occurred around 3:30 p.m. Sunday in the Ocean County community of Bay Head.

Authorities say the Cessna-style plane apparently experienced engine trouble and glided down to land on the beach. But as it came down, it struck debris under the sand and flipped over.  The pilot and a passenger, whose names were not released, were able to get out of the aircraft by themselves and did not appear to be injured. No one on the ground was injured.

The cause of the crash remains under investigation by local authorities and the Federal Aviation Administration.

http://www.newstimes.com

BAY HEAD — A small plane crashed along the beach in Bay Head, in an incident that did not result in any injuries, police said.  Police said the unidentified pilot was able to walk away from the plane. No other details were available. The incident occurred at around 3:30 p.m.

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