John Dewberry among Three Involved in Small Jet Crash

John Dewberry, president and CEO of Midtown-based Dewberry Capital Corporation, was a passenger on a Beech 400 jet that hydroplaned and crashed in a wooded area while landing at Macon Downtown Airport Tuesday morning.

The Telegraph reported the Dewberry Capital-owned jet took off in Charleston, S.C. and was attempting to land shortly after 10 a.m. when it slid on the runway, crossed an embankment and road before crashing about 30 yards away.

Trapped pilot Brian Landers of Atlanta had to be cut out of the plane by rescue personnel, while the co-pilot Joel Perkins, also of Atlanta, sustained minor injuries.

Dewberry, who was traveling to Macon on business, was reportedly unharmed, but was taken to The Medical Center of Central Georgia for evaluation according to the news outlet.

The former Georgia Tech quarterback is a well known developer of office buildings and strip centers in Atlanta. Dewberry Capital, located at 1545 Peachtree Street, has a property portfolio that consists of more than $400 million in operating assets encompassing more than two million square feet of class 'A' office, retail, luxury apartment and industrial projects.

The company owns 80 acres slated for more than 10 million square feet and $4 billion of future, mixed-use development, including 25 acres on Peachtree Street in Midtown.

The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating the crash.