No Problems Reported 1 Minute Before Fatal Teterboro Crash: Investigator

BERGEN COUNTY, NJ — The two crew members of a plane that crashed at Teterboro Airport Monday did not report any problems to air traffic controllers a minute before it went down, a federal investigator said.

The Learjet 35A crashed Monday in an industrial area in Carlstadt near the airport reportedly nose-dived and erupted into a fireball.

National Transportation Safety Board investigator Jim Sillman said Tuesday that according to air traffic control audio tapes, it seemed as though the plane's approach was going okay until right before the crash, the New York Daily News reported.

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Three buildings, including the Carlstadt Department of Public Works and two others were damaged and more than a dozen vehicles were burned by a subsequent fire, authorities said. No one on the ground was injured.

The plane's data recorder was recovered from debris Tuesday. It was being shipped to NTSB headquarters in Washington, D.C. The plane was not required to have a data recorder, according to the Daily News' report.

The plane was registered to a company called A&C Big Sky Aviation, of Billings, Mont., according to an FAA database.

The Bergen County Medical Examiner's Office is working to identify the crew members.

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