Jeffrey Alino and William Ramsey killed in Learjet crash at Teterboro Airport in Carlstadt, New Jersey

Police said no passengers were aboard the Learjet 35 when it went down around 3:30 p.m. Monday about a quarter mile (400 meters) from the runway at Teterboro Airport in New Jersey, just west of New York City. No one on the ground was reported to have been injured.

Officials said the plane crashed in a parking lot and two buildings, including the Carlstadt Dept. of Public Works facility. One of the wings was lodged into the roof of the Manhattan Door Company, officials on the ground said. 

Witnesses said the plane was flying upside down when it crashed into the parking lot, and a Carlstadt Police Dept. spokesman said the plane appeared to be listing to its side before the crash. 

     Carlstadt Mayor Craig Lahullier said all town employees already had left for the day before the plane crashed next to the town’s public works building.

“I tell ya, it’s a miracle,” he said. “Thank God the guys were out of there, that’s all I can say.”   

He said the wind at the time of the crash “was a concern.” Winds were gusting at more than 30 mph and controllers would have tried to have the plane head into the wind to avoid crosswind.

Surveillance cameras caught video of a jet that crashed in New Jersey on Monday.

The crash is in the right top corner of the video captured by a local business.     

Jeffrey Alino, 33, was on the twin-engine plane that crashed Monday near Teterboro Airport after dropping off passengers in Philadelphia, authorities said. 

White described Alino as "an average student with strengths in some areas and weaknesses in others." Under pressure, however, Alino "aways performed fine," the instructor said.