LEBANON, New Hampshire -- The pilot of a single-engine plane was killed in a crash near the Lebanon Airport on Thursday afternoon.
The crash happened at about 2 p.m. Thursday. The pilot was the only one on board the Cessna 172 aircraft. The identity of the pilot was not known.
The plane was taking off from the airport.The pilot, unable to make the take off, attempted an emergency landing and crashed just off the runway.
The plane, according to FAA records, is registered to a company out of Ogden, Utah, Great Salt Lake Brine Shrimp Cooperative Inc., an aquaculture business.
The Utah cooperative says its member companies use a number of planes operated by private pilots and it's trying to find out why this plane was in New Hampshire.
Officials are securing the scene and the National Transportation Safety Board is will be on scene tomorrow.
Lebanon, New Hampshire -- The Federal Aviation Administration says the pilot of a single-engine plane has died in a crash near the airport in Lebanon.
Spokeswoman Arlene Salac says the crash happened at about 2 p.m. Thursday. She said the pilot was believed to be the only one on board the Cessna 172 aircraft. The identity of the pilot was not known.
Salac said the plane was registered to a company out of Ogden, Utah, -- Great Salt Lake Brine Shrimp Cooperative Inc., an aquaculture business.
The plane's flight plan was not immediately known.
LEBANON, New Hampshire -- The pilot of a single-engine plane was killed in a crash near the Lebanon Airport on Thursday afternoon.
The pilot was the only person on board when the plane went down in the woods around 2 p.m.
NC 5's David Charns is on the scene and says there is no fire in the woods but there is a lot of activity on the runway.
Airport officials will be holding a news conference starting at 3 p.m.
LEBANON, New Hampshire -- The pilot of a single-engine plane was killed in a crash near the Lebanon Airport, according to the Federal Aviation Administration. The crash happened at about 2 p.m. The pilot was the only person on board the plane.
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