The Cessna 414 crashed into the home in Colonia around 11 a.m., according to the Federal Aviation Administration. Two homes were on fire, and all available fire units were at the scene of the crash, according to the Colonia Fire Department.
A local official said that no one on the ground was injured and that only a pilot had been aboard the plane.
Mayor John McCormac of Woodbridge Township, which includes Colonia, said near the scene of the crash, on Berkley Avenue, that the plane came from Virginia and had been heading to Linden, New Jersey.
Officials at Linden Airport, a small municipal airport about 5 miles from Colonia, said they had no additional information about the plane or the crash.
The plane went down in a quiet residential neighborhood, not far from an elementary school.
The FAA said investigators were headed to the scene of the crash.
This article originally appeared in
.