The co-pilot’s body was found in the backyard of a home near North Carolina’s Raleigh-Durham International Airport, where the pilot was able to land the plane on Friday.
The co-pilot of a small plane died Friday after falling from the aircraft in North Carolina before it made an emergency landing.
NBC affiliate WRAL reports that the body of the co-pilot, 23-year-old Charles Hew Crooks, was found in a backyard in the town of Fuquay-Varina, about 30 miles (48 kilometers) south of the Raleigh-Durham International Airport. He did not have a parachute.
The pilot made an emergency landing at the airport Friday afternoon after reporting that one of the wheels had come off the landing gear. He was treated and released from a hospital with minor injuries.
The pilot was the only person on board the turboprop aircraft when it landed.
The plane, which is owned by SPORE LTD LLC, is a small 10-person plane, according to WRAL.
Local, state and federal authorities, including the Federal Aviation Administration and the National Transportation Safety Board, are investigating.
