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Plane Crash Near Carrollton, GA Kills Three
Posted on Mar 11, 2009
A 1975 Cessna 182, single engine, four seat airplane crashed in a lake near Carrollton, GA on March 8, 2009. It had taken off from Cobb County Airport-McCollum Field heading to the NASCAR race in Henry County, GA and was to land at the Clayton County Airport-Tara Field next to the racetrack. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, reports that three people were believed killed.
Searchers found the bodies of a man and a woman at the crash site which was in Shadinger Lake in Carroll County. The third body was still missing Sunday night. The names of the victims were not available Sunday night.
One witness that lives near the lake said she heard the planes engine sputtering and sounded like it was coming through her bedroom window. The impact of the aircraft crashing into the lake caused ocean like waves she said.
Divers were called in from Spalding County, GA to assist in the recovery.
The small airplane had a registration number of N1913M and did not file a flight plan. It is not unusual for small aircraft to not file a flight plan on short trips when the weather is not a factor with the flight.
Investigators for the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) will determine a probable cause of the crash.
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