Pilot Robert George Westlake, 78, killed when small plane crashes into house near Cobb County International Airport in Cobb County, Georgia

Modified Date:

Sun, 04/22/2018 - 11:11am

Accident Date:

Friday, March 24, 2017

Plane en route to Fulton County Airport crashes in Cobb County

The plane was headed to Fulton County Airport, according to the spokesperson.

The spokesperson says the FAA has not confirmed how many people were on the plane, or why it went down.

Officials: Pilot dead in small plane crash in Atlanta suburb

Boyd said the only known victim is the sole occupant of the plane; everyone in both houses got out safely. The FAA and the National Transportation Safety Board will investigate.

Video: Airplane crashes into Georgia home

Neighborhood resident John Perry said he noticed his neighbors "were looking up in the sky and I see a plane going straight down, it was going down in a corkscrew fashion, it was really slow, I couldn't hear an engine," according to CNN affiliate WAGA.

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According to Cobb police, Robert George Westlake, 78, of Atlanta, was the crash’s only victim.

The crash happened around 7:20 p.m. on Friday.

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Type: Aircraft Accident

People Involved:

Robert George Westlake

County:

Cobb County, GA

Area:

Atlanta, GA