KING COUNTY, Wash. — The pilot and plane that crews were searching for since going missing Sunday evening have been found. Unfortunately, 69-year-old Jerry Riedinger was found dead inside.

Crews found the plane's crash site around 1:30 p.m. in a heavily forested area near Humpback Mountain, just west of Snoqualmie Pass.

According to the Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT), search and rescue crews were notified Sunday evening about a missing 2001 Extra Flugzeugbau 300/L that was being piloted by Riedinger.

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