Oct 26, 2009 3:33 pm US/Eastern
Police: NJ Man Killed In Vermont Small Plane Crash
FAA: Cessna 172 Hit Mountain Near Bennington On Flight From West Milford, N.J.
BENNINGTON, Vt. (CBS) ―
The Federal Aviation Administration says the pilot of a small plane was killed when his aircraft hit a mountain near Bennington.
FAA spokesman Jim Peters says the wreckage of the Cessna 172 was found by a hiker Monday morning. He says it will take investigators several hours to reach the crash site.
Bennington police identified the pilot as Chaim Weiss of West Milford, N.J. His age was listed as "mid-50s."
Peters says the plane departed Sunday from Greenwood Lake Airport in Milford, N.J., for what was expected to be two-hour flight.
Witnesses in Vermont reported the crash just after 7 p.m. on Sunday.
The FAA is investigating the cause of the crash.
West Milford is a township in Passaic County, New Jersey. As of the United States 2000 Census, the township population was 26,410.
(© 2009 CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. The Associated Press contributed to this report.)
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