At least one person has died in the crash of a small plane in the Atlanta suburb of Alpharetta on Monday, authorities said.

The plane was preparing to land at DeKalb-Peachtree Airport when it went down near a system of trails and parkland known as the Big Creek Greenway, the Alpharetta Department of Public Safety said in a statement.

The twin-engine Beechcraft G58 crashed in Rock Mill Park around 1 p.m. while on approach to the airport, the Federal Aviation Administration said.

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The flight plan showed that two people were onboard, authorities said.

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A small plane crashed in Georgia on Monday leading to the death of at least one person.

The crash site is about 25 miles north of downtown Atlanta.

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The FAA and the National Transportation Safety Board will investigate the crash, federal authorities said.