Deadly plane crash kills pilot in rural Harrison County
By Gabe Swartz
Published on August 5, 2026.
The Federal Aviation Administration alerted the Harrison County Sheriff's Office about a possible aircraft crash just before 7 p.m. Tuesday. Deputies found a single-engine plane that had crashed into a grove of trees and declared the pilot dead at the scene. The crash is still under investigation by the Harrison county Sheriff’s Office, the FAA and the NTSB.
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