2 killed during training flight crash in Paulding County on Wednesday
PAULDING COUNTY, Ga. - A small plane crash in a remote area of western Paulding County claimed the lives of two men on Wednesday, Sept. 4.
Authorities discovered the wreckage of a 1974 Grumman AA-5 single-engine aircraft nose-down in a wooded area near Crawford Road in Rockmart.
The aircraft, piloted by flight instructor Sungwook Lee, 27, of Daytona Beach, Florida, and flight student Johnathan Lara, 27, of Powder Springs had taken off from Paulding County Airport at 10:24 a.m.
When the plane failed to return as scheduled, the aircraft owner contacted authorities at around 1:43 p.m., reporting its absence. Using tracking information, responders located the crash site at the plane's last known position.
Tragically, both occupants were found dead inside the wreckage. The flight was last recorded on radar at 11:21 a.m. near the crash site, authorities said.
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) are collaborating with local authorities to investigate the cause of the crash. Details regarding the circumstances leading to the fatal incident are still under review.
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