Man killed in plane crash

CASHMERE, Wash. – A single-engine plane has crashed and burned in the northcentral Washington town of Cashmere, killing one man.

Federal Aviation Administration Duty Officer Michael O’Connor says the Cessna 182 crashed while attempting to land about 7 p.m. Thursday and then burned.

Chelan County sheriff’s Chief Criminal Deputy Jeff Middleton says the male pilot was dead at the scene. The man was alone in the plane.

Middleton says the plane actually crashed into a high school parking lot near the small airport, hitting a parked flatbed truck and a tree and coming to rest within a few feet of a house. No one on the ground was injured.

The pilot has not been identified.