Plane departs Ainsworth airport, crashes miles later

AINSWORTH, Neb. — A plane that departed from the Ainsworth Regional Airport on Saturday morning never made it to its North Dakota destination.

After a search, the 10-seat plane was found crashed about five miles north of Ainsworth just before 7 p.m. on Saturday, according to the Brown County Sheriff's Department.

The only occupant of the plane - the pilot - didn't survive the crash.

The pilot's name has not been released pending notification of family.

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The cause of the crash is still under investigation.