Officials say the pilot of a small plane that crashed and caught fire at Caddo Mills Municipal Airport on Monday has died.
The small plane crashed and caught fire in a grassy field Monday afternoon in Caddo Mills in Hunt County.
"A single-engine Cessna 150 crashed after taking off from Caddo Mills Municipal Airport in Texas around 3:30 p.m. local time on Monday, August 7. Only the pilot was on board," according to an FAA statement.
Texas Sky Ranger flew over the scene and captured video of the plane in the field near a runway for small planes.
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Several agencies responded to the scene.
The two-seater plane was occupied by a single male passenger who was the pilot of the aircraft and was working to obtain a commercial pilot license. The Justice of the Peace was notified to come to the scene when it was determined the pilot was deceased, according to Caddo Mills police.
Preliminary information from the Texas Department of Public Safety indicated a fixed-wing Cessna was attempting to take off and experienced some sort of mechanical issue during the process of take-off.
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Caddo Mills is 40 miles northeast of Dallas.
