MORRIS TOWNSHIP, N.J. - Federal investigators said yesterday that the pilot of the plane that crashed on a New Jersey highway reported picking up ice before the accident, which killed all five people on board.
Ralph Hicks, an investigator for the National Transportation Safety Board, said at a news conference that it might never be known how much ice accumulated on the single-engine aircraft.
Hicks said the plane, a Socata TBM-700 turboprop, was equipped with a deicing system.
The plane spiraled out of control, broke apart, and crashed on Interstate 287 in Morris Township on Tuesday morning. Investigators said Tuesday that the pilot had discussed icing with the controller but that they didn’t yet know whether his plane had experienced icing.
