ONTONAGON COUNTY, MI (AP)-- Authorities say a pilot is dead after a small plane crashed in Ontonagon County.
Cellphone location data was used to help locate the plane in a remote area of Carp Lake Township. The pilot, who wasn't immediately identified, was pronounced dead at the crash scene.
A search began Saturday after the plane departed from the Gogebic County Airport but didn't arrive as scheduled at the Ontonagon Airport.
The NTSB said Saturday night it's begun an investigation into the crash of the Piper PA-28 in Ontonagon.