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Report: Jet experienced engine failure before Cumberland County crash

By EDWARD VAN EMBDEN Staff Writer, 856-649-2072

Published: Jul 04, 2008

LAWRENCE TOWNSHIP - A Czech-made military training jet that crashed and took the lives of two Gloucester County men experienced engine failure, according to a preliminary report released by the National Transportation Safety Board on Thursday.

Pilot William Crean, 65, of Washington Township, and passenger Frederick Gault, 57, of Monroe Township, died a little after 8 a.m. June 22 when the L-29 Delfin, a training jet popular among collectors, crashed shortly after takeoff from Millville Municipal Airport.

The plane, certified as an experimental aircraft, was owned by Crean.

According to an investigation done by the NTSB, witnesses reported that shortly after the plane left the runway, it sounded as though the engine had lost power. More

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