SWANZEY, N.H. (AP) – The pilot of a cargo plane was killed Thursday night when his aircraft crashed in heavy fog at Dillant Hopkins Airport, where he’d been diverted to because of bad weather.
Police said Douglas Nelson, 46, of Hampden, Maine, was believed to be the only person on board.
Authorities said a report came in at 10:18 p.m. that the plane crashed upon landing. They said the plane, owned by Business Air Inc., of Bennington, Vt., caught fire after impact, but the flames were quickly put out by emergency crews.
Officials said that after the twin-engine turbo prop departed Bangor, it was diverted from its scheduled landing in Concord to Dillant Hopkins.
Investigators for the Federal Aviation Administration and the National Transportation Safety Board were expected at the crash scene Friday morning.
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