It was right at press time last Thursday that the pilot of this single-engine Piper Cherokee narrowly escaped disaster, as his plane left the runway at the Garrett County Airport and went over a small embankment. According to a report from the Maryland State Police, Nathan Wasser, 70, of Ridgeley, W.Va., was the pilot of the aircraft, which crashed at approximately 3:25 p.m. while landing. There were no passengers on board the plane, and Wasser walked away uninjured. The Federal Aviation Administration and the National Transportation Safety Board were notified and conducted an investigation, but the cause of the accident has not been released. The aircraft was hauled away from the scene Tuesday morning. Photo by Lisa Broadwater.