TWO AVOID SERIOUS INJURY AFTER PLANE CRASHES IN DEKALB COUNTY

DeKalb County, TN- Two passengers were able to avoid serious injuries after their single-engine plane crashed Sunday afternoon.

The pilot was identified as 61-year-old Eric Garrison of Powell, and passenger 60-year-old Debbie Cook of Knoxville.
Garrison was reported to of had minor injuries.

“DeKalb Central Dispatch received a call from the Nashville Approach Air Traffic Control at 2:50 p.m. that stated a plane had gone down around the Old Temperance Hall Road area,” said Sheriff Ray.

“The pilot said he was flying in a 1966 fixed-wing Piper Cherokee 180 when the engine failed. A witness on the ground in the Old Temperance Hall Road area observed that the plane appeared to be in distress, and he saw it go down. The witness reached the plane on a Side-By-Side and helped get the pilot and passenger out of the plane. He also helped bring emergency personnel to the scene and then returned them all to the roadway,” said Sheriff Ray.

“According to the pilot, he filled up with fuel in Knoxville, flew to Nashville, and was on his way back to the Seymour Airport in East Tennessee when the plane went down in DeKalb County,” he said.

“I want to thank Central Dispatch and the responding agencies that came to help us,” Sheriff Ray concluded.