172K crashes on takeoff @ LZU.
https://www.ajc.com/news/breaking-small-plane-crashes-gwinnett-airport/X9zA6hreql6Ic6nF01Q8xO/
https://www.ajc.com/news/breaking-small-plane-crashes-gwinnett-airport/X9zA6hreql6Ic6nF01Q8xO/
Looks like it is. N996SBThat paint job makes it look like one of the 172s at SkyBound (PDK).
Saw that also. Bad weekend for GA around Atlanta.Ha, that story has a link to a fatal an hour or so east of there on Saturday. It looks like a Piper, and carried both of its wings to the scene of the crash.
Ha, that story has a link to a fatal an hour or so east of there on Saturday. It looks like a Piper, and carried both of its wings to the scene of the crash.
Yep, another article said it was based at PDK.
Glad you’re all okay. Had me concerned when I first saw the article.Wayne pretty much covered it. CFI and student walked away and then the plane caught fire. I flew on Saturday for our Flying Start event. I flew two folks and we saw a lot of airplanes around, a couple pretty close. Got a lot of pop ups on FF with warnings.
The piper crash must have literally happened right under me. I was returning to VPC from South Georgia right then and landed at 5:35 or 5:40.
Didn't see a thing.
As it turns out, the Piper probably went down a couple of hours earlier than initial indications. The pilot was flying Gainesville, Fl to Calhoun, GA. Probably 320 nautical miles on a direct line, but to avoid Atlanta's airspace and some of the restricted areas in GA, he might have had to fly another 20 miles. There was a modest (5-10 knot) headwind when I flew most of the same route a couple of hours later in the day.
Surely no one makes a plane with so little fuel it won't make that trip??? Unless you are postulating departing without full tanks?