Monday update—Investigators with the National Transportation Safety Board were expected to be at the crash scene today. The Highway Patrol and Federal Aviation Administration also are investigating the crash. A southwest Kansas man died Sunday  when his small airplane crashes into a field north of Wilson Lake in Russell County.

The Kansas Highway Patrol says the pilot, 65-year-old Rufus Woods III of Cimarron, was alone when the single-engine plane went down around 12:20 p.m. Sunday in central Kansas.

 

6:23 p.m.    The Kansas Highway Patrol reports that Rufus Woods III, age 65, of Cimarron was the pilot who died in Sunday’s plane crash.  He was flying a single

engine plane that crashed in Russell County early afternoon on Sunday. An investigation into what caused the crash is still underway.

 

 

4:45 p.m. The Kansas Highway Patrol is reporting one person has died in Sunday’s plane crash in Russell County.  Few additional details are available. Stay tuned to Eagle Radio and Hays Post for more information as it becomes available.

2:55 p.m. Sunday Authorities are investigating  a plane crash north east of Russell. The accident happened on Sunday morning between 281 highway and Wilson Lake.

The Russell County Sheriff’s offices told Hays Post they have few details. It is unknown if anyone was injured.

Stay tuned to Eagle Radio and Check Hays Post for more information as it  becomes available.