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May 9, 2015 - On Friday morning a Piper Cherokee
Lance single engine aircraft had departed Dekalb-Peachtree
Airport (KPDK) Atlanta, Georgia
for University-Oxford Airport,
Oxford,
Mississippi with four onboard,
within moments of take off the pilot 53-year-old
Grady “Greg” Byrd shouted into the radio, “We’re
going down". The plane crashed on Atlanta's I-285 highway, killing all onboard.
The PA-32R-300 Cherokee Lance, N5802V, had just
made it over a tracker trailer when it crashed
and burst into flames. The other passengers
onboard were identified as his two sons and a
son's fiancé. I-285 was shut down for several
hours, the police said it was a miracle no one
on the ground was killed.
Officials reported the retired
North Carolina sheriff’s deputy had
departed Dekalb-Peachtree
Airport with his 26 year old son,
Phillip and flew to
Atlanta
to pick up his other son, 27 year old son
Christopher and Christopher’s fiancé Jackelyn
Kulzer.
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