Pilot killed in ultralight crash recalled as upbeat, resourceful
Updated Jan 12, 2021;
Posted Jan 12, 2021
Emergency personnel investigate an ultralight aircraft crash near Tuckahoe Road in Franklin Township, Gloucester County, Monday, Jan. 11, 2021.The scene is a quarter mile from Downstown Airport on Route 40.Tim Hawk | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com
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Friends and relatives are remembering Gerard Asselta as a hard worker who maintained a positive outlook on life.
Asselta, 64, of Vineland, died when his single-engine craft crashed in a wooded area of Franklin Township, Gloucester County, near Tuckahoe Road and Route 40, just a short distance from Downstown Airport.
Investigators said Asselta took off from a friend’s property on Union Road in neighboring Vineland and was only aloft for a short time before the crash occurred shortly before 1 p.m.