Pilot Gary Martin Stoller, 65, died from injuries he suffered in a plane crash on House Mountain, northeast of Mountain Home, according to Elmore County Sheriff's Office.
Stoller's last known address was in Caldwell. His family has been notified.
Stoller was flying a single-engine 1969 Piper Cherokee. The cause of the crash is unknown, and investigators from the National Transportation Safety Board are on their way to the scene.
Elmore County Sheriff's Deputy Garret Kinnan said Stoller's family notified authorities when his plane was overdue Saturday. Kinnan didn't know where Stoller was flying from, but he said the pilot's last known stop was in Wyoming, where he fueled up his plane at about 9 a.m. Saturday.
While sheriff's deputies searched airports in Elmore and Camas counties Saturday afternoon, the Civil Air Patrol conducted a search for the plane from the air. They located what appeared to be plane wreckage on House Mountain, more than an hour's drive northeast of Mountain Home.
Elmore County Sheriff's deputies and the county's Search & Rescue Unit were dispatched to find the plane at about 9:45 p.m. Saturday. The group of about 20 people met with members of the Prairie Quick Response Unit at a staging area.
At about 11:30 p.m., an Air St. Luke's air ambulance that had been provided with the coordinates of the suspected crash site confirmed seeing wreckage.
Searchers used ATVs to reach the crash site, which Kinnan estimated was above 7,000 feet on the mountain and about 3 to 4 miles from the back-country road where they parked their vehicles. They got there between 2:30 a.m.-3 a.m. Sunday.
The plane wreckage was dispersed over a large area. Neither wings were attached to the plane, and the fuselage had disintegrated, Kinnan said.
"It wasn't just a crash landing. It looked like full impact," Kinnan said Sunday morning, after more than 24 hours on duty. Stoller's body was found outside the plane.
Sheriff's officials bundled Stoller's body in a rescue stretcher and carried him off the mountain on an ATV. Elmore County Sheriff's personnel left the crash site around 4 a.m.
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ELMORE County -- A Caldwell man is dead after his plane crashed in a remote area of Elmore County.
Stoller's last known address was in Caldwell. His family has been notified.
Stoller was flying a single-engine 1969 Piper Cherokee. The cause of the crash is unknown, and investigators from the National Transportation Safety Board are on their way to the scene.
Elmore County Sheriff's Deputy Garret Kinnan said Stoller's family notified authorities when his plane was overdue Saturday. Kinnan didn't know where Stoller was flying from, but he said the pilot's last known stop was in Wyoming, where he fueled up his plane at about 9 a.m. Saturday.
While sheriff's deputies searched airports in Elmore and Camas counties Saturday afternoon, the Civil Air Patrol conducted a search for the plane from the air. They located what appeared to be plane wreckage on House Mountain, more than an hour's drive northeast of Mountain Home.
Elmore County Sheriff's deputies and the county's Search & Rescue Unit were dispatched to find the plane at about 9:45 p.m. Saturday. The group of about 20 people met with members of the Prairie Quick Response Unit at a staging area.
At about 11:30 p.m., an Air St. Luke's air ambulance that had been provided with the coordinates of the suspected crash site confirmed seeing wreckage.
Searchers used ATVs to reach the crash site, which Kinnan estimated was above 7,000 feet on the mountain and about 3 to 4 miles from the back-country road where they parked their vehicles. They got there between 2:30 a.m.-3 a.m. Sunday.
The plane wreckage was dispersed over a large area. Neither wings were attached to the plane, and the fuselage had disintegrated, Kinnan said.
"It wasn't just a crash landing. It looked like full impact," Kinnan said Sunday morning, after more than 24 hours on duty. Stoller's body was found outside the plane.
Sheriff's officials bundled Stoller's body in a rescue stretcher and carried him off the mountain on an ATV. Elmore County Sheriff's personnel left the crash site around 4 a.m.
Source: http://www.idahostatesman.com
ELMORE County -- A Caldwell man is dead after his plane crashed in a remote area of Elmore County.
On Saturday at about 9:45 p.m., Elmore County Sheriff Rick Layher says his deputies responded to a report of a plane crash on House Mountain.
He says crews from the Prairie Quick Response Unit, Elmore County Search and Rescue, and Air Saint Luke's also responded.
They found a 1969 Piper Cherokee, single-engine aircraft, which crashed for (at this time) unknown reasons. The pilot was identified as 65-year-old Gary Martin Stoller. Stoller died as a result of injuries sustained in the crash. His family has been notified.
The NTSB is responding to the scene.
The investigation is continuing.
He says crews from the Prairie Quick Response Unit, Elmore County Search and Rescue, and Air Saint Luke's also responded.
They found a 1969 Piper Cherokee, single-engine aircraft, which crashed for (at this time) unknown reasons. The pilot was identified as 65-year-old Gary Martin Stoller. Stoller died as a result of injuries sustained in the crash. His family has been notified.
The NTSB is responding to the scene.
The investigation is continuing.
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