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Plane lands in Ga. 400 median
No one injured in emergency
By Jeff Gill
FCN regional staff
William Reister had a perfect
day for flying — blue skies,
warm temperatures and slight
breezes — when his small air¬
plane took off from Gwinnett
County Airport-Briscoe Field in
Lawrenceville.
But his leisurely flight around
the area Sunday morning turned
memorable when his aircraft
lost power and he couldn't reach
an airport landing strip.
Instead, the Dunwoody man
dropped safely onto the grassy
median of Ga. 400 in Dawson
County.
“We got the initial call from a
motorist that the aircraft had
appeared to be losing power,”
said Sgt. Johnny Holtzclaw of
the Dawson County Sheriff’s
Office. “Moments after that, we
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had multiple calls that the air¬
craft had landed in the median.”
Reister, who had one passen¬
ger with him, landed a couple
hundred yards south of Dawson
Forest Road.
No one was injured in the
plane or on the roadway,
Holtzclaw said.
"We were pretty fortunate, as
far as that was concerned," he
said, noting that Dawson Forest
serves as the primary entrance
to North Georgia Premium
Outlets and the amount of traffic
was “pretty moderate.”
Reister was flying a Lancair
320, a two-seat, single-engine
craft.
"That’s a kit-built aircraft. It
was about 18 years old,”
Holtzclaw said. "The owner did
not build it. He’s had it about
four years. •»
Reister, who couldn’t be
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A small plane rests on the median of Ga. 400 south of
Dawson Forest Road after the pilot mafle an emergency
landing Sunday.
reached for comment, had been
flying for about 40 minutes
when he lost power.
With his plane losing altitude,
he “had to seek other alterna¬
tives and find a safe place to
land,” Holtzclaw said.
The median separates the
four-lane Ga. 400, a popular
route for metro Atlanta travelers
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FUNDRAISERS
FCPL Friends &
Advocates book sale
will be Friday through
Sunday at the Forsyth
County Public Library's
Cumming branch.
Members can shop the
preview sale from 2-5
p.m. Friday; the sale is
open to the public
from 10 a.m. to 1:30
p.m. Saturday and
from 1:30-4 p.m.
Sunday.
A gently used book
sale will be from 9
a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday
at St. Columba's
heading to and from the North
Georgia mountains.
“We had reports that (Reister)
flew under traffic lights (as he
was landing),” Holtzclaw said.
Reister wasn’t headed for
anywhere in particular Sunday
morning. He was just taking
advantage of a nice day, the ser¬
geant added.
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MOPS (mothers of
preschoolers) con¬
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from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Feb. 25-26, with a pre¬
view sale from 8-9 p.m.
Feb. 24 for a $5 dona¬
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www.creekside.net.
The Mashburn
Elementary School
PTO will sponsor a
babies' and children's
consignment sale from
8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m.
March 19 at the school
at 3777 Samples Road.
There will be babies'
and children's clothing,
furniture, strollers,
cribs, car seats, toys
and more. All proceeds
benefit local charities.
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“He was going to return to
Briscoe when he was ready to
complete his night," he added.
The Federal Aviation
Administration also is investi¬
gating the incident.
An FAA recovery unit was
sent from Atlanta to the scene.
The plane is being kept at a pri¬
vate airfield, Holtzclaw said.
Kathleen Bergen. FAA
spokeswoman, said the landing
•will be classfied as an “inci¬
dent" rather than an “accident”
because it didn't result in any
serious injuries or substantial
damage.
She also said such landings
are more common than people
probably think, noting that
someone landed on Interstate 85
during rush hour just a few
months ago.
"An aircraft gets in trouble,
the pilot needs to put it down
some place and a road ... is a
nice, smooth flat surface,”
Bergen said.
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The fourth annual
Wolverine 5K will be
at 8 a.m. March 26, with
a fun run at 9:15 a.m., at
Totally Running, 405
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Register ahead of time
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MEETINGS
The Forsyth County
Newcomers and
Women's Club will
have a luncheon at 11
a.m.Thursday at
Windermere Golf Club,
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