"We're celebrating the fact that we're all alive," said Geoffrey Klotz, 41, of Moorland Park, hours after his malfunctioning 1977 Cessna 210 Centurion skidded into the grass beside an airport runway.

According to police, 45-year-old Harry Leiser of Rome, Pennsylvania was the pilot and sole occupant of the almost 60-year-old plane - a 1966 Cessna T-210 - that failed to deploy its landing gear ...

Cessna phased out the 210 model, replacing it with the 206 variant, distinguished by its fixed landing gear. Had Jake and Carin been aboard the 206, the landing gear would have potentially struck ...