Pilot Dead After Plane Crash
By: Import User
Updated: January 7, 2009
A single-engine airplane pilot apparently
is dead after his plane crashed last night in a remote, mountainous
area of western Arkansas.
The Beechcraft H-35 wasn`t spotted until this morning and search
teams spent all afternoon trying to climb to the crash site on
Black Fork Mountain, near the Rich Mountain community.
A Polk County official says the crash site was still burning
late this afternoon.
The search team was still trying to lead transport mules and
equipment along rugged terrain to reach the area.
The V-tail aircraft was enroute from Tulsa to Mena when
air-traffic control lost contact with it about 11 miles northwest
of the airport.
The pilot was scheduled to pick up a passenger in Mena and
continue on to Trinity, Texas.
Posted By Mike Hellgren
