A 75-year-old pilot from Altoona, missing since Wednesday night, was found dead after his plane crashed in a cornfield in Indiana County on Thursday morning, officials said. 

According to the Pennsylvania State Police, David Wittmer was found dead in the field just 1 mile from where he took off with his ultralight aircraft on Wednesday at around 6 p.m. State police said no foul play is suspected, and troopers are investigating it as an accident. 

Wittmer was practicing takeoffs and landings in his ultralight aircraft in Young Township when he went missing, authorities said. A search for the man then ensued.

"About 10:30 this morning, one of our troopers that serves as a helicopter pilot located the gentleman's aircraft crashed in a cornfield," Pennsylvania State Police Trooper Cliff Greenfield said. "Once that pilot located the aircraft, first responders were dispatched to investigate, and unfortunately, they found the gentleman deceased."

Wittmer was a regular in the area, and Jane Chronowski, who lives across from the airfield, said that she is still in shock because she and her daughter were just watching Wittmer practice in his aircraft on Wednesday night before he vanished.

"He was one heck of a nice guy," Chronowski said. "Quiet, but wonderful. He loved being up on that hill. He would come and spend weeks. And he liked it peaceful and quiet."

The Federal Aviation Administration has been notified.