Small plane crashed into residential Georgia neighborhood, killing pilot

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A pilot has died after a small plane crashed into a residential neighborhood in a Georgia city. The plane crashed on Thursday a little more than a half mile from Daniel Field, a general aviation airport in Augusta. Augusta University says the pilot was Jason McKenzie, the associate director of philanthropy at the school.

AUGUSTA , Ga. — A pilot has died after a small plane crashed into a residential neighborhood in a Georgia city.

Augusta University told local news outlets that the pilot was Jason McKenzie, the associate director of philanthropy at the school. McKenzie had just taken off in a single-engine Beechcraft 36 with plans to fly to New Haven, Connecticut. “I think that was a miracle,” resident Lisa Lewis told WRDW-TV. “I think the Lord protected everyone else.”

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