Pilot headed toward Tennessee dies in helicopter crash

GLASGOW, Ky. (WTVF) — A person was discovered lifeless Monday afternoon because of a helicopter crash Saturday in Barren County, Kentucky.

Helicopter pilot and army veteran David Stone, 69, of Louisville, Tennessee, was reported lacking simply earlier than midnight Saturday whereas he was en path to Knoxville, Tennessee, from St. Louis, Missouri, in a small, blue Jetexec helicopter, in line with Glasgow/Barren County Emergency Administration Deputy Director Marcus Thurman.

The helicopter wreckage was positioned Monday round 3 p.m. close to Hwy 70 and Park Boundary Highway in Mammoth Cave Nationwide Park, simply north of Cedar Spring, Kentucky. Stone was discovered by rescue crews, who have been lowered all the way down to the crash web site.

Thurman supplied a timeline of the occasions previous to the invention of Stone and the helicopter crash over the weekend:

Stone took off on a solo flight from Coeur Airport in St. Louis, Missouri, headed towards Sparta, Illinois, round midday Saturday. When he stopped for gasoline in Sparta, Stone touched base along with his spouse Terry earlier than heading to Glasgow, Kentucky, for one more gasoline break. No points have been reported throughout this telephone name.

After the cease in Glasgow, Stone was anticipated to proceed on to the ultimate cease in Knoxville, Tennessee. His spouse contacted the Glasgow Police Division, Warren County Sheriff’s Workplace and Smiths Grove Police Division round midnight Saturday with a request to ping an iPad her husband carried with him.

When officers pinged the gadget, the final recognized location appeared close to the road separating Warren County and Edmonson County close to Chalybeate. Edmonson and Warren County emergency groups searched the realm by floor in a number of instructions with none success.

Civil Air Patrol and native pilots flew in grid patterns to help within the search as effectively, however they have been unable to find the crash web site. A search crew in a rescue helicopter was in a position to find the scene Monday.

The Nationwide Transportation Security Board will conduct an investigation and report its findings at a later date.