Pilot dead after Duluth-area plane crash

Photo by: WDAY Radio Staff
Photo by: WDAY Radio Staff

(Duluth, MN) -- A pilot is dead after a single-engine plane crash near Duluth.

The plane crashed into the St. Louis River near the Bong Bridge Friday afternoon shortly after taking off from the Duluth Airport.

Authorities say the pilot was 52-year-old David Rathbun.

The crash remains under investigation.