Pilot killed and passenger injured as small plane crashes in Georgia neighborhood

One person died as a result of a small plane crash Sunday night in a Savannah, Georgia, residential neighborhood, local police said.

The Savannah Police Department said in a brief statement that officers were dispatched to the crash site on East 66th Street, roughly 3 miles south of the city’s historic landmark district.


A man looking out his front door at a crashed Cessna in his front yard in Savannah, Georgia
A man looks out the front door of his home after a Cessna crashed in the front yard in Savannah, Ga., on Oct. 13, 2024. AP

“The pilot is deceased, and the passenger has minor injuries,” Savannah police posted on X, adding, “No one on the ground was injured.”

Savannah’s firefighter union posted on Facebook that the crash happened shortly before 10 p.m.

The Savannah Professional Firefighters Association posted a photograph of a mangled plane on the ground in front of a house.


Damaged Cessna plane in the front yard of a Savannah home after crash on October 13, 2024
Damaged Cessna plane in the front yard of a Savannah home after a crash on Oct. 13, 2024. AP

The cause of the crash was not immediately known.

Police said the Federal Aviation Administration is investigating.

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