A man from Cumming was killed and a Flowery Branch man injured in a plane crash Saturday night at Lee Gilmer Memorial Airport, according to Gainesville Police.

Robert Carlisle Alberhasky, 68, died after his 2015 Lancair International Legacy RG crashed. Alberhasky is believed to have been the pilot, police spokesman Sgt. Kevin Holbrook said.

Mark Lewis, 69, of Flowery Branch was also in the plane and critically injured. He was taken by ambulance to Northeast Georgia Medical Center where Holbrook said Sunday morning that he is believed to be in stable condition.

Police and both the Gainesville and Hall County fire departments arrived on the scene shortly after receiving a 911 call close to 7 p.m. Nov. 17. The Federal Aviation Administration arrived at about 10 p.m.

“It appears that the plane was about to land when at some point it possibly struck some trees across Queen City Parkway and then struck a tower here at the airport,” Holbrook said Saturday. 

Emergency personnel discovered the single-engine plane had fallen down an embankment along Queen City Parkway. 

Gainesville Police, the FAA and the National Transportation Safety Board are investigating. Holbrook said the NTSB is expected to arrive Sunday morning and will be in charge of the investigation.

Reporter Nathan Berg contributed to this report.