Searchers Find Body of Pilot Near Ski Resort
Placer County sheriff’s officials said Monday they found the body of the pilot of a small plane that had disappeared Sunday from radar after it left Reno-Tahoe International Airport and crashed near the Sugar Bowl Ski Resort.
Authorities said they had not identified the pilot, who was found dead about noon Monday.
The plane’s pilot told air traffic controllers at Oakland International Airport on Sunday night that his wings were icing and that he was going down.
At the time, he was over a rugged area that is accessible only by snowmobile, helicopter or ski because of the heavy snowpack.
A snow groomer at the Sugar Bowl ski area reported about 1:45 a.m. that he had found parts of an aircraft and a parachute. Search and rescue crews found more debris Monday morning.
The Federal Aviation Administration and the National Transportation Safety Board also participated in the search and investigation.
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