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Sacramento man, 73, killed in Colusa County plane crash

Pilot killed in plane crash in Colusa County
Pilot killed in plane crash in Colusa County 00:34

COLUSA COUNTY -- A small plane in Colusa County left one person who was on board dead late Tuesday morning.

According to the Colusa County Sheriff's Office, the plane went down near McDermott Road near the edge of Colusa and Glenn counties. The pilot of the plane was killed in the crash. No one else was on the plane at the time.

The plane was identified as a single-engine Sonex Waiex.

The sheriff's office has since identified the pilot who died as 73-year-old Sacramento resident Jack Rodney Davis.

Both the FAA and the NTSB are investigating the crash. 

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