Extensive tests on the plane's engine revealed the crack was a result of the "unique operating environment" of the test flight, and was not a widespread issue, he added.
The cause of the crash has not yet been officially confirmed but Mr Shahi said he had been informed the plane's engine burst into flames after being hit by a bird.
The plane's left engine, which detached from the plane, evidently upon impact with the water, was found Wednesday in about 50 feet of water, and recovery is expected sometime Thursday, the NTSB said.
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As it does, the plane's left engine hits a reef, Corsetti said, sending it into a cartwheel.
The divers who found the plane's left engine Wednesday reported the engine is in one piece, said New Jersey State Police Sgt.
CNN: Investigators find feather, other evidence on downed plane
If the plane's lone engine were to punk out over the mountains, the pilot could pull a parachute that floats the airframe and occupants to earth at 10mph.
In 2002 the SR22 passed the Cessna 172 as the world's bestselling single-engine plane.
During World War II, America's P51 Mustang fighter, a single-engine prop plane, creamed the first fleet of German combat jets, the Messerschmitt 262.
"I said, 'I am on the plane and we are experiencing problems or there's a problem with the engine, ' " Camastra said.
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He called 911 and they followed the police dispatcher's order to get out of the sinking single-engine plane, then "everything went blank, " Smidt said.
Fulton County Sheriff Thomas Lorey has said the flight's two passengers were found dead Friday near where the twin-engine plane crashed in a wooded area in Ephratah.
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