No injuries as plane overshoots runway in Old Bridge
July 17, 2005, 7:22 PM EDT
OLD BRIDGE, N.J. -- A corporate jet trying to land at Old Bridge Airport overshot a runway Sunday afternoon and eventually came to rest in a nearby grassy area, but no one aboard the aircraft was injured.
The twin-engine plane, a Cessna Citation 525 owned by Hertrich Aviation Inc. of Seaford, Del., sustained substantial damage when it went down around 4:15 p.m., said Jim Peters, a spokesman for the Federal Aviation Administration.
A pilot and two passengers were aboard the plane, but their names were not immediately available. Peters said the jet had departed earlier in the day from Sussex County Airport in Georgetown, Del.
As the pilot attempted to land at the airport in Middlesex County, he overshot a runway by about 300 to 400 feet, Peters said. It was not immediately clear why that occurred, and the National Transportation Safety Board is investigating the crash as an accident.