2 Dead In Small Plane Crash In Hunterdon County, N.J.
ALEXANDRIA TOWNSHIP, N.J. (CBSNewYork/AP) -- Two people were killed Sunday when a small plane crashed at an airport in Hunterdon County, New Jersey, state police said.
The crash at Sky Manor Airport in Alexandria Township occurred around 12:30 p.m. Sunday, according to New Jersey State Police.
It was not immediately clear what caused the crash. No one on the ground was injured.
The victims were not identified.
Federal Aviation Administration spokeswoman Arlene Salac said the Mooney M20 plane stalled while trying to land and crashed into a field.
State police and the FAA will investigate the crash.
The New Jersey crash comes the same day as officials near Buffalo announced three fatalities after two small planes collided in the air and crashed in upstate North Collins, New York.
In that incident, two people were flying in a Piper PA 28 and one in a Cessna 120. All were killed, CBS affiliate WIVB-TV, Buffalo reported.
The Erie County Sheriff's office told the station that one of the planes ended up on the ground100 to 150 feet away from a barn.
No one on the ground was hurt in the upstate crash and no structures were damaged, WIVB reported.
The two planes, along with four others, were traveling from the Hamburg Inc Airport upstate to St. Marys, Pennsylvania, WIVB reported.
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