A small plane flying from New Jersey the morning of June 21 landed in Bucks County after the pilot violated flight restrictions in place while U.S. President Donald Trump visited a nearby golf club.<\/p>\n
The fixed wing, single-engine plane left Monmouth Executive Airport at approximately 10 a.m., according to Flight Radar 24 and the registry with the Federal Aviation Administration, aka FAA.<\/p>\n
The FAA had put a temporary flight restriction in place for the airspace around the Trump National Golf Club in New Jersey this weekend while Trump visited.<\/p>\n
More: <\/strong>Effort to reimburse NJ airports when airspace restricted during President Trump’s visits<\/a><\/p>\n Many Bucks County residents heard loud jet sounds overhead that morning after the Lancair 4-P entered the restricted air space, attracting the escort of a military fighter jet.<\/p>\n The small plane then landed at Quakertown Airport before 10:30 a.m., according to the flight tracker. It’s unclear whether the plane made a forced landing at the airport, or if the airport was the pilot’s intended destination.<\/p>\n The plane makes frequent trips between Belmar, Quakertown and Wildwood, according to flight logs.<\/p>\n Pilots who violate restricted airspace can face a range of consequences, from a warning to a revocation of their pilot certification, an FAA spokesperson said Monday, depending on the circumstances surrounding the violation.<\/p>\n The FAA doesn’t comment on active investigations, the spokesperson said.<\/p>\n Continental U.S. North American Aerospace Defense Command reminded pilots in a social media post on Saturday to check for FAA notices before every flight.<\/p>\n Trump landed at an airport in Morristown, New Jersey on Friday, according<\/a> to press coverage, and left the next day.<\/p>\n The small plane is owned by General Aero LLC. There is no company registerd by that name in the New Jersey treasury’s database, but the company address on the FAA record is a house in Union Beach.<\/p>\n Ownership records for the Union Beach house are tied to a house in Carteret, New Jersey owned by Cristian Dejesus Tejada.<\/p>\n The LLC is unrelated to a business based in Morristown called General Aero Company<\/a>, a spokesperson for the Morristown company said.<\/p>\n