TRIBUNE — A 63-year-old Kansas doctor died in a Saturday evening airplane crash in Greeley County.

The Kansas Highway Patrol reported the crash occurred at 6:04 p.m. as the fixed-wing, singe-engine plane piloted by Dr. Randall Fahrenholtz, Tribune, was flying northeast and for an unknown reason crashed into a field 1.8 miles north of Kansas 96 on County Road 5, or 11 miles west of Kansas 27/Kansas 96 junction in Tribune.

Fahrenholtz was transported to Greeley County Hospital where he was pronounced dead.

He had been with Greeley County Hospital since 2006.

“Dr. Fahrenholtz has been a longtime, valuable member of our health care community. He will be greatly missed by his patients, colleagues and staff,” said Chrysanne Grund, project director with Greeley County Health Services. “He was a very well-respected and important member of the community. He was wonderful to work with.”