N.J. plane crash: Pilot killed was renowned cardiologist, accomplished aviator, friend says
The pilot killed in a fiery plane crash on a residential street in Woodbridge Tuesday was a renowned cardiologist who was flying to New York City to give a lecture, according to the manager of Linden Airport.
Michael Schloss, 74, was the person behind the controls of the craft that crashed in a Colonia neighborhood at about 11 a.m., Linden Airport Manager Paul Dudley said.
Dudley knew Schloss for over 30 years and described him as an outgoing, generous man who loved to fly and did it “exponentially well.” A little over 10 years ago, Schloss made an emergency landing in Linden in the same type of plane.
Officials said earlier the plane, a Cessna 414, was headed from Loudoun County, Va. to Linden when the twin-engine plane fell out of the air less than four miles from its destination, igniting a blaze that burned multiple houses. Federal crash investigator, who arrived at the crash scene shortly before 6 p.m. Tuesday, said the pilot did not make any distress calls.
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