CHERRY HILL, N.J. - A single-engine aircraft has made an emergency landing on the New Jersey Turnpike and no one is injured, officials said Monday.
Turnpike Authority spokesman Joe Orlando said the Cessna 152 landed in the northbound lanes in Cherry Hill Monday morning, about five miles east of Philadelphia. The pilot and two passengers were unhurt.
Federal Aviation Administration spokeswoman Arlene Salac said the landing was precautionary because of a low oil pressure indicator.
The plane was hired to provide traffic reports for Philadelphia’s KYW-AM radio and KYW-TV stations, Metro Networks spokeswoman Christine Miller said.
A truck has been brought in to remove the plane from road.
Traffic on that stretch of the turnpike is backed up, with cars moving only in the left shoulder.
It’s N6103P, yet another Delaware-owned aircraft. No recent tracks show up on FA.
All of my flight experience has been in 152’s. There’s barely room for two people, much less three. I would definitely think 3 average sized people (even three small-ish people) would put it over gross, behind the seats is flat, so there’s no well to put your legs and I believe the rear windshield slopes downward, so you wouldn’t have much, if any, headroom either. I’ll look the next time I’m in one, but I can’t see there being any way to carry three people. Maybe a car seat for a toddler/baby or something, but that would be the extent of that.
