Current:Home > FinancePilot dies after small plane crashes at Clinton National Airport in Little Rock, Arkansas -FutureWise Finance
Pilot dies after small plane crashes at Clinton National Airport in Little Rock, Arkansas
View
Date:2025-04-16 09:56:39
One person is dead after a small aircraft crashed Sunday at the Bill and Hillary Clinton National Airport in Little Rock, Arkansas.
A statement from the airport confirmed that a single-engine Cirrus SR 22 with only the pilot on board reported an emergency after leaving the airport around 1:20 p.m. Sunday, then crashed north of the airport's cargo building.
The airport is a joint civil-military airport in east Little Rock, Arkansas' capital city.
Deadly plane crash:Woman's body, wreckage found after plane crashes into ocean in Half Moon Bay, California
Pilot killed identified, cause of crash under investigation
The pilot, identified by KTHV as 62-year-old William Cope, was pronounced dead at the scene.
The cause of the crash has not yet been determined, and is currently under investigation by the National Transportation Safety Board and the Federal Aviation Administration.
The airport has since resumed normal operations, according to the statement.
veryGood! (439)
Related
- Friday the 13th luck? 13 past Mega Millions jackpot wins in December. See top 10 lottery prizes
- Russia's ally Belarus hands Nobel Peace Prize winner Ales Bialiatski 10-year prison sentence
- 5 new 'Black Mirror' episodes have dropped — and there's not a dud in the bunch
- The Drunk Elephant D-Bronzi Drops Are Sunshine in a Bottle: Here's Where You Can Get the Sold Out Product
- Dick Vitale announces he is cancer free: 'Santa Claus came early'
- TikToker Elyse Myers Is Pregnant With Baby No. 2
- 'Vanderpump Rules,' 'Scandoval' and a fight that never ends
- The Academy of American Poets names its first Latino head
- Selena Gomez's "Weird Uncles" Steve Martin and Martin Short React to Her Engagement
- Indonesia landslide leaves dozens missing, at least 11 dead
Ranking
- Trump wants to turn the clock on daylight saving time
- James Corden's The Late Late Show Finale Plans Revealed
- Stock Your Car With These Spring Essentials From Amazon Before Your Next Road Trip
- Actor Treat Williams, star of 'Hair' and 'Everwood', is killed in a motorcycle crash
- A South Texas lawmaker’s 15
- Martin Amis, British author of era-defining novels, dies at 73
- The Irony Of the Deinfluencing Trend All Over TikTok
- Shop the Best New February 2023 Beauty Launches From Tower 28, KS&CO, Glossier & More
Recommendation
Bodycam footage shows high
4 Americans missing after they were kidnapped in Mexican border city, FBI says
5 new mysteries and thrillers for the start of summer
Relationships are the true heart of 1940s dystopian novel 'Kallocain'
Biden administration makes final diplomatic push for stability across a turbulent Mideast
TikTok banned on U.S. government devices, and the U.S. is not alone. Here's where the app is restricted.
British star Glenda Jackson has died at age 87
A Korean American connects her past and future through photography