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2 Dead In Floyd County Plane Crash

Friday, March 21, 2008 – updated: 6:35 pm EDT March 21, 2008

ROME, Ga. -- Two people were killed Friday in the crash of a small plane near the Richard B. Russell Regional Airport in Rome.

The Beechcraft BE 76 crashed just after takeoff about 4:20 p.m. The twin-engine plane is known as the Duchess and can carry up to four people.

Floyd County Police Chief Bill Shifflett said two people were killed in the crash behind a lake at the southern end of the airport.

Deputy Coroner Ernie Studard said two bodies were found in the debris.

Kathleen Bergen, public information officer for the Federal Aviation Administration in Atlanta, said the plane crashed on takeoff and burned.

The plane is registered to Aviation Atlanta Inc., a flight school based at Peachtree DeKalb Airport, but there's no word on who was aboard the Beechcraft when it went down.

A Beechcraft BE 76 owned by Aviation Atlanta. A similar plane owned by the flight school crashed Friday in Floyd County, killing two.

Copyright 2008 by WSBTV.com. The Associated Press contributed to this report. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

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