AUGUSTA — Maine law enforcement officials used snowmobiles and snowshoes Tuesday morning to reach the wreckage of a small plane that crashed near the Canadian border during Monday’s snowstorm.
The single-engine plane crashed deep in the forest of northern Somerset County while traveling between Nova Scotia and Quebec on Monday afternoon, killing a passenger and injuring the pilot, Maine Department of Public Safety spokesman Stephen McCausland said.
The pilot had issued radio messages indicating that the plane was experiencing icing at about 3:30 p.m. Monday, McCausland said.
The victim of the crash was Paul Oberman, 53, of Toronto, Canada, McCausland said. Oberman was president and CEO of Woodcliffe Corp., a real estate development company in Toronto and was known in Canada for redeveloping historic properties.
The pilot has been identified as Ryan Isaac, 31, also of Toronto. Isaac suffered a broken arm in the crash, McCausland said, and was airlifted to a hospital in Quebec by a Canadian search and rescue helicopter Monday night.
Wardens and Maine State Police found the wreckage near Depot Lake, about 11 miles north of the Daaquam border crossing.
Oberman’s body was taken to a funeral home in Presque Isle, McCausland said. A National Transportation Safety Board investigator is expected at the site of the crash Wednesday.
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