Was alcohol a factor in the May 7 , 1928 plane crash on Stone Mountain ?
According to George Weiblen 's annotated calendar for Monday , May 7 , 1928 : " Mail plane crashed on mountain at 8:00 P.M . " Around dusk on September 16 , 2003 , in clear weather , a small airplane circled the mountain five times , then crashed headlong into the south side , burst into flames and killed the pilot .