(Forsyth) The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has released a preliminary report on their investigation into an airplane crash on May 14th near Forsyth that killed the pilot and the single passenger.
According to NTSB, the pilot was conducting aerial management of predatory wildlife on a ranch property. The pilot was assisted by a county trapper who was on the ground near the hunting area and communicated with the pilot by cell phone.
The county trapper told NTSB that he received a final phone call from the pilot at about 7:18 am, who reported that they had eradicated two coyotes and had spotted a third. The call then ended, and a cattle foreman saw the downed airplane as he was driving on a road past the scene of the accident and reported the crash to law enforcement.
