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Weather may have been factor in fatal plane crash
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Rescue workers begin to leave the site of Monday night’s plane crash in Dawson County after verifying only one person was aboard the Piper Malibu that took off in New Jersey enroute to Dekalb Peachtree Airport. - photo by NAT GURLEY
DAWSONVILLE— Authorities say a single-engine plane on its way to DeKalb-Peachtree Airport in Chamblee lost radar and radio contact Monday night before crashing in a heavily wooded area of Dawson County, killing the pilot. Officials say weather may have been a factor. The Piper Malibu PA-46 departed from Morristown, N.J., Municipal Airport and came down near 1549 Auraria Road off Ga. 400 before 7:30 p.m., according to Federal Aviation Administration spokeswoman Kathleen Bergen.