MORGAN COUNTY, Colo. – The pilot of a small plane was killed in a crash in northeast Colorado Thursday morning.
The National Transportation Safety Board said on social media investigators were on the scene of the crash involving an Air Tractor AT-602 airplane.
According to the Morgan County Sheriff’s Office, first responders discovered the pilot dead at around 10:15 a.m. near the area of Snyder and Hillrose.
The pilot was the only person in the aircraft. The aircraft, a fixed wing, single-engine plane, is used for agricultural flying, according to airtractor.com.
No other information was available and the pilot’s name is being withheld until next of kin can be notified.
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