A 73-year-old pilot was found dead Saturday after the single-engine Cessna he was flying crashed Friday near Red Wing.
Richard Schweitzer, of Watersmeet, Mich., was the lone occupant of the plane, according to the Pierce County Sheriff's Office.
On Saturday, both the Minnesota and Wisconsin wings of the Civil Air Patrol were searching for the plane, which had left northeastern Wisconsin early afternoon on Friday and was headed to Nebraska.The plane's last known location was 3 miles southeast of the Red Wing Regional Airport.
Shortly after 6 p.m., the Pierce County Sheriff's Office was contacted by Civil Air Patrol to report a possible crash location. Deputies, along with Ellsworth Fire and Red Wing Ambulance responded to a farm field north of 130th Ave. near 570th St. in Bay City, Wis., where they found the plane.
The Federal Aviation Administration and that National Transportation Safety Board have taken over the crash-site investigation.
