PENDLETON, Ore. (AP) — The wreckage of a light plane with one person aboard has been found about 34 miles southeast of Pendleton, Ore., on the Umatilla Indian Reservation. Umatilla County Emergency Management officials say the pilot is dead.
Authorities say the plane took off Sunday morning from the Walla Walla, Wash., regional airport bound for the town of Enterprise in Eastern Oregon.
The Civil Air Patrol and Oregon National Guard began a search after the aircraft was reported missing Sunday afternoon. A Civil Air Patrol crew spotted the wreckage Monday.
Umatilla County authorities did not immediately identify the pilot.
The cause of the crash was not known.
