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Plane Crashes House


Pictured: a Cessna 310R
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Contact photographer Cory W Watts

What: KA Aviation Cessna 310 en route from Gwinnett County airport to Sparta, Tennessee
Where: the intersection of Oracle and Walker Drive in Lawrenceville
When: Friday, October 30, 2009
Who: pilot James Wardlaw, 58, of Atlanta, and homeowner Judith Krichner, 62, both fatalities
Why: While en route, the plane crashed into the house of Judith Krichner. Both Wardlaw and Krichner died in the crash. The incident is under investigation.

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