RALEIGH, NC — The co-pilot of a small cargo plane died Friday after falling from the plane in North Carolina before making an emergency landing.
News outlets reported that the body of the co-pilot, 23-year-old Charles Hugh Crooks, was found in a backyard in the town of Fuquay-Varina, about 30 miles (48 kilometers) south of Raleigh-Durham International Airport. He didn’t have a parachute.
The pilot made an emergency landing at the airport on Friday afternoon after reporting that one of the wheels had come off the landing gear. He was treated and released from the hospital with minor injuries.
The pilot was the only person on board the turboprop aircraft when it landed.
Local, state and federal authorities, including the Federal Aviation Administration and the National Transportation Safety Board, are investigating.
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