Pilot Killed and Passenger Injured as Small Plane Crashes in Georgia Neighborhood

The Associated Press
By The Associated Press
October 14, 2024US News
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Pilot Killed and Passenger Injured as Small Plane Crashes in Georgia Neighborhood
A twisted and mangled Cessna rests in the front yard of a home in Savannah, Ga., on Oct. 13, 2024. (Richard Burkhart/Savannah Morning News via AP)

SAVANNAH, Ga.—One person died as a result of a small plane crash Sunday night in a Savannah, Georgia, residential neighborhood, local police said.

The Savannah Police Department said in a brief statement that officers were dispatched to the crash site on East 66th Street, roughly 3 miles south of the city’s historic landmark district.

“The pilot is deceased, and the passenger has minor injuries,” Savannah police posted on X, adding, “No one on the ground was injured.”

Savannah’s firefighter union posted on Facebook that the crash happened shortly before 10 p.m. The Savannah Professional Firefighters Association posted a photograph of a mangled plane on the ground in front of a house.

The cause of the crash was not immediately known. Police said the Federal Aviation Administration is investigating.