Fifteen people were injured in a skidiving aircraft after the runway of a small aircraft at Cross Keys Airport in Williastown, New Jersey on Wednesday.
The Federal Aviation Administration said that the small aircraft, a Sesna 208B, went to the eastern time from the runway at the Glousster County Airport on North Tukaho Road at around 5:15 am. The FAA is investigating the incident.
A hospital spokesperson said that 15 people injured in a small aircraft were taken to Cooper University Hospital in Camden, New Jersey. Three of them are “under evaluation”, eight of the injured have serious injuries and four people on the board have at least injuries.
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Cross Keys Airport is privately owned and serves many private passenger aircraft, and it is also a popular place to take a skidving lesson.
The small aircraft was involved in an incident in July 2023 at an airport in Virginia.
In the final report of the National Transportation Safety Board from the 2023 incident, the federal agency said the pilot was returning from the fifth skydive of the day when the plane left the runway during landing.
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As the aircraft landed in Virginia, “flare seem inadequate,” and the nose landing gear collapsed. The aircraft then went out of the runway and came to rest in the grass. According to NTSB, the aircraft caused adequate damage to the engine mount during the incident. The federal agency said that the pilot did not report any mechanical malfunction or failures with the aircraft, which would “stop the general operation”.
NTSB determined the “insufficient landing flair of the pilot”, resulting in an accident in 2023.
Glousster County OEM Asking people to escape from the area.
This is a developing story and will be updated.