The pilot of a skydiving aircraft that crashed in Williamstown, New Jersey, on July 2 said the plane's engine lost power.

The pilot of a skydiving plane that crashed earlier this month at Cross Keys Airport in Gloucester County reported a loss of engine power and attempted to glide back to the airport but landed too fast and plowed into the woods beyond the runway, the National Transportation Safety Board said in a preliminary report.

In a preliminary report, the NTSB says the pilot of the Cessna 208B N716MM that crashed shortly after takeoff from Cross Keys Airport in Monroe Township "reported a loss of engine power and attempted to glide the airplane back to runway 27 at Cross Keys Airport."