Plane crashes in Augusta | fox61.com [Video]

AUGUSTA, Ga. — A pilot has died after a single-engine plane crashed into the front yard of a home in Augusta, Georgia, on Thursday morning, according to Fire and Emergency Management Agency officials.

Firefighters said they responded to the front yard of a home near Walton Way, a little more than half a mile from Daniel Field, a general aviation airport in Augusta. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said the single-engine Beechcraft 36 plane crashed around 7:10 a.m., with only the pilot on board. 

Augusta University told local news outlets that the pilot was Jason McKenzie, the associate director of philanthropy at the school. McKenzie had just taken off in a single-engine Beechcraft 36 with plans to fly to New Haven, Connecticut.

It’s unclear what caused the plane to descend. 

Officials said as it was coming down, it clipped a tree and hit power …