The Smart Marty Sky Dispatch
1 dead, 1 injured in Lawrenceville plane crash; Feds investigating
Emergency crews are responding to a plane crash near Winder Highway and Bacchus Drive in Lawrenceville Tuesday evening.
A small, single-engine aircraft crashed while attempting to land near a Lawrenceville roadway on Tuesday evening, killing one of the two men aboard and trapping the other inside the wreckage. Emergency crews arrived around 5:30 p.m. near Winder Highway and Bacchus Drive.
Two men were inside when the aircraft went down in a wooded patch close to a busy intersection. First responders freed the survivor, who was described as okay.
Federal investigators identified the downed plane as a Velocity-173 FG that went down about one mile southeast of Gwinnett County Airport for unknown reasons. NTSB investigators are en route and expected to reach the scene the following morning.
The flight had originated from Briscoe Field earlier Tuesday evening and had been aloft for roughly 90 minutes before the pilot reported engine trouble and attempted an emergency landing. The crash is under review by the NTSB and FAA, who will examine the wreckage, flight telemetry, and related records.