Small plane crashes into house

LaFAYETTE - An airplane with two northeast Georgia men aboard crashed into the living room of a home in this small northeast Georgia town shortly after 1 p.m. Saturday, authorities said. No one was seriously injured. <br> <br> LaFayette Public Safety Director Dino Richardson said the single-engine Cessna 182 took off from LaFayette Airport less than a quarter of a mile away. The pilot told him that it lost power, Richardson said. <br> <br> ``We&#39;re very, very lucky nobody was hurt,&#39;&#39; he said. <br> <br> The pilot, Everett Womack, 59, of Blue Ridge, Ga., had a cut across the bridge of his nose. The passenger, Steve Bailey, also of Blue Ridge, had cuts on one of his hands. <br> <br> ``I just thank God we&#39;re alive,&#39;&#39; Womack said. <br> <br> Darryl McBrayer, who rents the house, was helping a neighbor down the street when the plane hit the house. <br> <br> McBrayer&#39;s three children were across the street at a store, and his wife, Tyra, was in the bedroom when the crash occurred, he said. <br> <br> Melvin Bridges, the liaison between the LaFayette City Airport and the City Council, said the plane had just filled up with 80 gallons of gas. <br> <br> ``The pilot said he took off and lost power and either had to crash into Otting (International) or attempt to get back to the airport,&#39;&#39; Bridges said. ``He said he banked and this is where he ended up.&#39;&#39; <br> <br> Officials with the Federal Aviation Administration and the National Safety and Transportation Bureau were traveling from Atlanta to investigate the crash, Walker County Sheriff Steve Wilson said.

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