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HUNTINGTON — Federal officials are investigating a plane crash near Huntington that killed a pilot.
The plane went missing on Friday and its wreckage was located near Huntington on Saturday, according to the National Transportation and Safety Board. In a post on X, formerly known as Twitter, the agency said the aircraft is a Cessna T206H.
The Emery County Sheriff's Office said it first received a report of a possible plane crash from Salt Lake Air Traffic Control at 6:15 p.m. Friday. The plane left from the Vernal Regional Airport but abruptly stopped transmitting its GPS location over the mountains west of Huntington, the office said.
Deputies responded to the area and weren't able to locate the crash because of rough and steep terrain. A Utah Department of Public Safety helicopter joined the search and at 8:24 p.m., crews on the helicopter located the wreckage on a cliff face.
The crash was reported as "not survivable" so recovery efforts were halted overnight.
Recovery efforts continued Saturday and the body of the pilot, the plane's sole occupant, was recovered. His identity has not yet been released.
This story will be updated.
