But 'Not A Single Scratch On Him'

A pilot successfully ditched a single-engine plane in a Georgia lake earlier this month, uninjured but with the inconvenience of wet feet in the incident.

Department spokesman Sgt. Jay Baker said that the Cherokee County Sheriff's Office received a 911 call at about 1 pm on March 18 from the plane's pilot, who advised he had just crashed into Lake Arrowhead, approximately two miles southwest of Waleska, GA.

Orlando, FL resident Alan Ray Jordan, 46, had "not a single scratch on him" and only wet feet, Baker said. A nearby fisherman rescued him from his sinking aircraft.

Jordan was enroute from Calhoun, GA (CZL) to Lawrenceville, GA (LZU) when the Diamond DA40's engine lost power, Federal Aviation Administration spokeswoman Kathleen Bergen said. The FAA is currently investigating.

IDENTIFICATION
  Regis#: 789DA        Make/Model: DA40      Description: DA-40 Katana
  Date: 03/18/2009     Time: 1645

  Event Type: Incident   Highest Injury: None   Mid Air: N   Missing: N
  Damage: Unknown

LOCATION
  City: WALESKA   State: GA   Country: US

DESCRIPTION

  AIRCRAFT REPORTED AN ENGINE PROBLEM AND FORCE LANDED ON LAKE
  ARROWHEAD, NEAR WALESKA, GA

INJURY DATA      Total Fatal:   0
                 # Crew:   1     Fat:   0     Ser:   0     Min:   0     Unk:   
                 # Pass:   0     Fat:   0     Ser:   0     Min:   0     Unk:   
                 # Grnd:         Fat:   0     Ser:   0     Min:   0     Unk:   

WEATHER: K47A 181640Z AUTO 09004KT 5SM HZ OVC011 15/07

OTHER DATA
  Activity: Pleasure      Phase: Unknown      Operation: OTHER

FAA FSDO: COLLEGE PARK, GA  (SO11)              Entry date: 03/19/2009

FMI: www.faa.gov