A pilot was killed in a plane crash Thursday night near Barkley Regional Airport.
Airport Authority Board Chairman George Bray in a phone call said the pilot was the only person in the plane. The McCracken County Sheriff’s Office in a release said the pilot was 49-year-old Clint Hill of Paducah. Hill was a local orthopaedic spine surgeon.Airport Marketing Director Eddie Grant in a statement said the plane was a single-engine PA32R Piper Saratoga.
Grant said the plane was on its final approach when it crashed in a wooded area north of the airport, near Woodville Road. The plane was a general aviation plane and not a commercial flight. The airport remains open with all flights on schedule. The Federal Aviation Administration and the National Transportation Safety Board are assisting local officials with an investigation.