Small Plane Missing, Last Seen On Radar Near Mountain Ranch
MOUNTAIN RANCH (CBS13) – A search is on for a small plane from that never made it to its destination in Tuolumne County.
Calaveras County Sheriff was notified by the Tuolumne County Sheriff on Saturday about a missing or overdue aircraft.
It was reported that 75-year-old Leroy Del Don Jr. had departed an airstrip in Stanislaus County on Friday around 2 p.m. and had not made it to his destination of Columbia Airport.
The search is ongoing today in Calaveras County. Del Don's airplane was last tracked to a mountainous location in Calaveras County. pic.twitter.com/kWtwn9YCvm
— Tuolumne Co. Sheriff (@TuolumneSheriff) June 12, 2017
A radar track of the aircraft indicates that the plane may have been descending over a rural part of Calaveras County near Mountain Ranch before disappearing from radar.
A search for Del Don Jr., a reportedly experienced pilot, is ongoing.
Anyone with information is asked to call Calaveras County Sheriff.