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One person died when a small plane crashed
Tuesday afternoon near Interstate 285 just north of Atlanta,
authorities said.
The Piper Saratoga PA-32 had just taken off
from DeKalb Peachtree Airport when it went down in a neighborhood
about 2 p.m., Federal Aviation Administration spokeswoman Kathleen
Bergen said. Bergen said the plane was headed to Coldwater, Mich.
Officials did not release the victim's
identity. DeKalb County fire spokesman Capt. Eric Jackson said the
victim was the only person in the airplane and no one on the
ground was hurt in the accident.
An autopsy likely will be performed
Wednesday.
The plane crashed about 20 feet from the
front door of a home and barely missed two other houses, Jackson
said.
Officials are unsure what caused the
accident, but the plane appeared to clip trees as it went down.
The plane is registered to Women's Medicine
Inc. of Jacksonville Beach, Fla., according to FAA records. The
pilot did not register a flight plan before taking off Tuesday,
which would have included more details about the purpose of the
flight and its intended route, Bergen said.
Officials with Women's Medicine Inc. did not
immediately return calls for comment.
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