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COVINGTON — The FAA and the National Transportation Safety Board are working to determine the cause of a plane crash Monday afternoon in Jasper County that claimed the life of the pilot.

According to the FAA, a Cessna 172 aircraft crashed in a wooded area off J.H. Whitaker Road near Newborn at 3 p.m. Monday. Only the pilot, identified Tuesday as Millwood Ashley Dekle, 72, of Toccoa, was aboard.

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