Minot pilot dead after crash in western North Dakota
MERCER COUNTY, N.D. (KVRR) — A Minot pilot is dead after crashing a plane in western North Dakota. Authorities say the 67-year-old pilot took off in a 1960 Piper airplane from Mercer County Regional Airport around 1:45 Sunday afternoon. A short time later, the plane was seen returning to the runway when it lost altitude and crashed into the ground….