Crash of twin-engine plane in Pulaski County under investigation
PULASKI COUNTY, Ga. (WGXA) - A Friday night plane crash is under investigation in Pulaski County.
According to the NTSB, the crash happened Friday night around 10:30 p.m. Investigators say a twin-engine Piper PA-44 crashed near Highway 129. They say only the pilot was on board the aircraft.
Fire Chief and EMA Director of Pulaski County Leslie Sewell says he's never seen anything like it.
"You don't tear an airplane up and walk away with no scratches...You're a very lucky person," Chief Sewell said.
As the plane was going down the Federal Aviation Administration received a distress call from a pilot en route from Miami to Macon.
After a late-night emergency landing in the woods on Honey Bee Road, emergency crews prepared for a recovery effort.
"You think the worse, it's just the first thought, that hopefully somebody survives it," Sewell said.
But that's when the pilot managed to call again.
We were out there with horns blaring. and he finally said I heard some people talking to the operator and we went by him but he was in a wooded area, and you could not see the plane at night where he actually hit was the top of some trees and it tore the wings off it was a twin-engine plane, the tail was off, where he was sitting the fuselage part of that plane," Sewell explained.
--A devastating crash on the outside that Sewell says didn't even leave the pilot with a scratch.
"No broken bones, not a cut I really don't know if he had a bruise...Something was on his side, and it got better things for him later on in life," Sewell said shaking his head.
No other details are being released at this time, including the identity and condition of the pilot.
Both the NTSB and FAA will investigate.
