The single-engine Cessna 172 crashed at Ocean County Airport in Bayville around 6 p.m., the FAA said in a release. The aircraft had departed from Old Bridge Airport in Englishtown.
The occupants were a pilot and flight instructor, the Asbury Park Press reports.
The FAA and the National Transportation Safety Board will investigate.
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